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Asia Pacific
Hijab Rules Must Go, Says UN Human Rights Office
The death of a young woman in the custody of Iran’s ‘morality police’ has led to protests across the country. The government has come...
CSR
NCW Roundtable on CSR Funds to Catalyse Women Empowerment Stresses on Collaboration
The consultation discussed how to plan the use of CSR funds for ensuring holistic development of women. The deliberations centred on the role of...
Afghanistan
Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Wiped out Under the Taliban
Afghan women and girls are fighting every day for their right to live free and equal lives. Their fight is our fight. What happens...
Gender
Women Have Always Trailed Men in Research Output: How COVID Made the Situation Worse
Academic mothers were caught up in the demands of competing roles. These included teaching online, nurturing vulnerable students, comforting anxious children, taking care of...
Climate change
Women’s Lives Get Harder in Bundelkhand as Water Scarcity Grows
Up to 70 per cent of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Tops Gender Parity Ranking in South Asia – But That is Old News!
The Global Gender Gap report 2022 is out and, once again, Bangladesh leads SouthAsia – an evidence of the commitment the highest office of...
Accountability
Human Rights Violations and Abuses Have Multiplied Under the Taliban, Says UN Report
The report points to the erosion of women's rights and the emergence of extrajudicial killings in the one year since the Taliban took over...
Empowerment
Pakistan: Ten Baby Steps by Lawmakers Promise Working Women a Giant Leap
Pakistan’s home-based women workers face some of the most challenging working conditions and remain highly vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination, says a recent World...
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Non-communicable Diseases Emerge as ‘Top Killers Globally’ – WHO
Authors of the report say that every two seconds, one person under the age of 70 dies of a...
How to Make COP27 a Success
From melting glaciers to a ‘monster’ monsoon, record-breaking floods have left a third of Pakistan currently under water and...
Have MGNREGA Workers Become Bonded Labourers?
Millions of workers remain unpaid for their work for several months. Despite over Rs. 21,000 crores of pending wages,...
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Non-communicable Diseases Emerge as ‘Top Killers Globally’ – WHO
Authors of the report say that every two seconds,...
How to Make COP27 a Success
From melting glaciers to a ‘monster’ monsoon, record-breaking floods...
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