The focus of the study is to examine and relocate gender equality in higher education using Capability Approach as the background frame. The paper discusses how gender relations are rooted in the socio-cultural matrix in India. It attempts to explore the factors prevalent in the structure which impacts woman’s opportunities and functionalities in the higher education. The database includes faculty from one of the central universities of South India, the study deals with the dynamics of constructs in Science and Technology indicating socio-psychological obstructions faced by women. Based on thorough analysis, the oppressed capabilities are conceptualized thereby enabling the researchers to relocate the gender equality and the capabilities that need to be enriched for women can be contemplated which helps in reducing the existing disparity. The intention of the study is essentially not to quantify the attributes of inequality to make them measurable but to choose attributes which enable an effective comparative basis to address inequality. The empirical study reveals an existence of the element of stereotyping as a single entity and capability approach restores the uniqueness by the fractional combination of capabilities listed.

This article examines whether online managerial training can strengthen informal approaches to workplace conflict resolution in small and micro businesses. Current government policy seeks to boost the performance of small firms by promoting structured people management and dispute resolution practices. However, employment relations in small firms are typically personal and informal, highlighting the need to improve the quality of everyday managerial interactions. We analyse two linked evaluations of a training intervention promoting proactive, collaborative responses to workplace problems: a before-and-after study in 38 micro and small firms, and a parallel cluster randomised controlled trial in 24 larger organisations. Findings show positive shifts in conflict management styles and improved staff experience indicators, especially those directly related to workplace conflict. Effects were strongest in smaller organisations. Overall, the results underline the importance of aligning management interventions with the culture and relational dynamics of smaller firms. The study highlights practical implications for policy and training design in small business contexts.

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Participation in child labour, in both household and non-household activities, gender effects and low educational attainment remain challenges for countries in Latin America. Through hierarchical linear modelling of data from the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), this study seeks to explore the current cross-country trends in the relationship between educational attainment, child labour and gender. While non-household labour is found to have an effect, as per statistical significance and the magnitude, on educational achievement across all Latin American countries; participation in household labour is significant in only two countries (Peru and Uruguay). Girls are found to underperform compared to boys by a significant margin across Latin America. The later part of the study seeks to examine the interaction effects of gender and participation in labour activities. Results show that gender has no moderating effect, suggesting that participation in work itself or workspace (household or non-household) does not influence or contribute to gender inequality in education outcomes. The explanatory factors for gender inequality in education outcomes are potentially rooted in a different sphere of influence which needs to be deciphered through deeper empirical investigation.