Doll making generating jobs for women in Tripura
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec. 12 (ANI): Doll-making is emerging as a major source of employment for women in Tripura.
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Pak Army has licence to kill us, rape us, still UN is silent: Balo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.11 (ANI): Accusing the Pakistan Army of having the licence to "kill, rape and torture Baloch people and to take out their organs to sell them", Baloch Kurd liberation activist and World Baloch Women's Forum president Naela Quadri Baloch has demanded that
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Breast cancer mortality rate continue to decline: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 10 (ANI): Breast cancer mortality rates of women, especially under the age of 50, continue to decline in many nations, due to advances in detection and treatment over the past few decades, finds a new study.
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SWASTI calls for joint action to protect women's right, sexua
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, Swasti, a health resource centre, is rallying people to end all discrimination against women, sexual minorities and people living with HIV (PLHIV) at the workplace - by developing a progressive employment policy and p
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Women in proximity to voilent behaviour may experience stress diso
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec. 9 (ANI): A recent study, examining the disadvantages of neighborhood violence, found that women, who experience it can witness post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and full diagnoses.
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Increase Lok Sabha seats, pass women's reservation bill as pa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Backing electoral reforms in the Indian political system, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday asked the government to come up with necessary amendments and hold public debates on a set of recommendations proposed by the Election Commission to hold simultan
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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Hormonal contraceptives linked with more sex in committed relation
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 8 (ANI): A recent study has found that women in long-term relationships using hormonal contraception are more committed and have more sex with their partners, than one might expect.
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Kerala HC bans women from wearing churidar in Sri Padmanabhaswamy
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec. 8(ANI): The Kerala High Court on Thursday banned women from to wearing salwar kameez and churidars inside the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple here.
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JobsForHer partners with Global Action on poverty to bring women b
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI): JobsForHer (JFH), a connecting portal enabling women on a professional break to restart their careers announces its partnership with Global Action on Poverty (GAP) an initiative of Head Held High (HHH) Foundation aiming to alleviate poverty. The main objective
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Japan, UNOPS Pakistan launch pilot project for development of wome
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 8 (ANI): The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) pilot has signed an agreement with the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan for the development of women-specific transport service in selected districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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Triple talaq unconstitutional, violates rights to Muslim women, sa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec.8 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Thursday termed the Islamic practice of divorcing a woman by uttering the word "talaq" thrice as unconstitutional.
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