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A Look At Women On The Frontlines Of Peace

More and more women are taking up combat roles on the front line, playing a key role over a year…

3 years ago
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Violence Against Women By Terrorists Remains Rampant: India At UNSC

Source: PTI India has told the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant…

3 years ago
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The Girls On The Night Train To Dystopia

In normal course, when you hear of someone being poisoned, it is usually to do with political assassinations or vendetta…

3 years ago
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Delhi To Women: Enter At Your Own Risk

Each week, as Thursday draws to a close and Friday approaches, I do a quick mental recap of topics that…

3 years ago
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Floods Come And Go But Problems Remain For Assam’s Rural Women

(Source: PTI) Rebuilding homes, besides helping children and livestock adjust to a new place, as floods turn them into refugees…

3 years ago
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Poverty Battle Raged On In 2022: How Women Worked To Escape It

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.…

3 years ago
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Qatar World Cup Is Beaming Misogyny Around The World

(Source: PTI) One of the fundamental questions relating to the 2022 World Cup being hosted by Qatar is what message…

3 years ago
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UN Chief Says Violence Against Women Most Pervasive Human Rights Violation

(Source: PTI) Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a…

3 years ago
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Are Women’s Rights Still Chimerical?

In the past few days, two news reports caught my attention. One of them said that women in Afghanistan have…

3 years ago
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Where Did Our Millions Of Working Women Go?

Since the turn of the millennium, women have been leaving the workforce in India. Over 40.4 million fewer women are in paid…

3 years ago
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What Really Works To Reduce Poverty

Bangladesh, often held up as a model for poverty reduction, has influenced many poverty reduction initiatives around the world. In 2002,…

3 years ago
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Violence Against Women Is ‘Big Cancer’, Says UN Chief

(Source: PTI) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday termed violence against women a “big cancer” and called for…

3 years ago
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The Simple Technology That Is Helping Women Escape Poverty

More women than men are poor, more women live with food insecurity, and in the majority of countries in the…

3 years ago
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Air Pollution: Women At Greater Risk Than Men

A team of Indian-origin researchers has found that the impact of breathing diesel exhaust fumes may be more severe for…

3 years ago
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Activists Question PM Modi On What’s Done For Women On Ground

Women rights activists on Monday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the actual implementation of schemes for women on the…

3 years ago
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A Year After Taliban’s Return, Afghan Women Fight For Lost Freedoms

Monesa Mubarez is not going to give up the rights she and other Afghan women won during 20 years of…

3 years ago
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Women’s Lives Get Harder In Bundelkhand As Water Scarcity Grows

Every day during the summer months, Kamlawati Yadav wakes up at 6 am and walks half a kilometre to a…

3 years ago
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SC Abortion Ruling: US Draws Criticism From Closest Allies

The US Supreme Court's historic end to nationwide abortion rights on Friday drew unusual criticism from some of America's closest…

3 years ago
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Women As Vote Bank: The Need Of The Hour

There are many women-centric parties in the world and three such in India. The Indian ones are the Womanist Party…

4 years ago
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Minister’s Remarks Show ‘Conservative, Poor’ Thinking: Ali

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo Member and women's rights activist Subhashini Ali on Monday condemned Karnataka Health Minister…

4 years ago
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‘Onus Is On Men’: Imran’s Ex-Wife On His ‘Vulgarity’ Rape Remark

Jemima Goldsmith, former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Wednesday took a clear stand on her ex-husband's controversial…

5 years ago
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Women Cultivate A New Voice In Farmers’ Protest

India's agriculture sector is notoriously male-dominated, but thousands of women have become a pillar of the farmer protests blocking roads…

5 years ago
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My Family’s Legacy: A Lasting Betrayal

by ANONYMOUS I turned 50 last year. A primary school teacher, I have lived a life full of potential on…

5 years ago
  • Politics & Society

Three Women and a Revelation

"She take all my customers", says our auto driver pointing to Ramani sitting beside me. For the past two days…

12 years ago

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