As the 2024 general elections approach, large sections of Indian women are secretly nursing a grouse against the leader of…
When you go to the doctor, you expect they’ll listen to your concerns and help fix whatever problem you may…
On Wednesday, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge engaged in a war of words with BJP national General Secretary B L Santhosh…
At its Global Just Transition Dialogue earlier this year, the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), a think-tank,…
Growing up, I would dread train rides, especially the part where I would have to visit the train loo. Apart…
The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan women have been denied the…
The wildly popular “Barbie” movie has been touted for its celebration – and critique – of femininity. As a mother…
After some hard-fought victories, women’s rights are threatened again in many parts of the world. In the United States, the…
Source: AP, PTI Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a…
Source: PTI The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working…
Source: DW Bedamati Mirdha of Nildungri village in Sambalpur, India, has been at the forefront of encouraging people in adjoining…
Source: PTI As India became the world’s most populous country, experts said women should not be blamed for the country’s…
Source: PTI Female Afghan employees of the United Nations have been banned by the ruling Taliban from working in the…
Thirty years ago, I travelled to Lijiang, an ancient city in the northwest of China’s Yunnan province in the foothills…
More and more women are taking up combat roles on the front line, playing a key role over a year…
Source: PTI India has told the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant…
In normal course, when you hear of someone being poisoned, it is usually to do with political assassinations or vendetta…
Each week, as Thursday draws to a close and Friday approaches, I do a quick mental recap of topics that…
(Source: PTI) Rebuilding homes, besides helping children and livestock adjust to a new place, as floods turn them into refugees…
Global poverty eradication efforts continued to falter across the globe in 2022 no thanks to COVID-19 and an economic slowdown triggered by the Ukraine invasion.…
(Source: PTI) One of the fundamental questions relating to the 2022 World Cup being hosted by Qatar is what message…
(Source: PTI) Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a…
In the past few days, two news reports caught my attention. One of them said that women in Afghanistan have…
Since the turn of the millennium, women have been leaving the workforce in India. Over 40.4 million fewer women are in paid…
Bangladesh, often held up as a model for poverty reduction, has influenced many poverty reduction initiatives around the world. In 2002,…
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