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Saif Ali Khan Feels Pay Gap In Bollywood Isn’t Gender-Based: ‘It’s A Balanced Economic System’ | Bollywood News

Saif Ali Khan Feels Pay Gap In Bollywood Isn’t Gender-Based: ‘It’s A Balanced Economic System’ | Bollywood News

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Last Updated:March 09, 2026, 10:58 IST Saif Ali Khan said the pay gap in Bollywood has nothing to do with gender, but is instead linked to an actor’s box-office pull. Saif Ali Khan Weighs In On Pay Parity in Bollywood The pay gap between male and female actors has long been a subject of debate in the Indian film industry, and has frequently drawn reactions from both stars and filmmakers. Saif Ali Khan recently reacted to the issue of pay gap in Bollywood, but stated that the salaries for stars is largely driven by market value and box-office appeal, and not their gender. He said actors who can draw audiences to theatres are paid more and that this is a reality everyone in the industry understands. Saif Ali Khan Opens Up On Pay Parity In Bollywood Saif recently appeared on his sister Soha Ali Khan’s podcast on her YouTube channel, and they were also joined by Kunal Kemmu. While speaking about the debate around pay disparity in Bollywood, Saif and Kunal stated that the salaries …

Gender-Based Marriage Age Difference Nothing But A Vestige Of Patriarchy: Allahabad High Court

Gender-Based Marriage Age Difference Nothing But A Vestige Of Patriarchy: Allahabad High Court

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Last Updated:November 08, 2024, 23:35 IST The observations were made in an appeal filed by a husband challenging the family court’s decision to dismiss his plea to declare his marriage void under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA). He argued that both he and his wife were only 12 and…Read More The court held that the husband’s suit to declare the marriage void was fully maintainable and within the limitation period prescribed under section 3(3) of the PCMA. Representational image The Allahabad High Court recently said that the artificial distinction drawn by section 2(a) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) between male and female members of the population is nothing but a vestige of patriarchy. The division bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh stated that the PCMA assumes that in our society a female would cease to be a “child” at the age of 18 years, purely by work of unexplained legal fiction, it also artificially assumes that a male would remain a “child” up to the age …

This is Femicide’ Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s brutal death reveals Kenya’s gender-based violence | Sport-others News

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The death of Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei on Thursday, following organ failure after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Endebess, Kenya, is a reminder of the abuse women athletes face. Cheptegei is the fourth female athlete to be murdered either by a boyfriend or a husband in Kenya over the last three years. ‘Men lurking around prepared to cash in on somebody else’s efforts’ is how Irish missionary Colm O’Connell, known as the father of Kenyan running, put it. ‘How long will society keep empowering abuse over women?’ Joan Chimelo, a distance runner and the founder member of a non-profit to prevent gender violence, asked. Chimelo in a post on social media and O’Connell in a documentary were expressing their anguish after the murder of Agnes Tirop nearly three years ago. Tirop, a two-time 10,000m World Championship bronze medallist. was found with stab wounds on her neck. Her husband Ibrahim Rotich was arrested. Iten, the high-altitude long-distance running capital of the world in the Great Rift Valley, and surroundings training centres attracts the …