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Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world

New York: Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment of all”, been mostly in the hands of men, the UN chief told a town hall meeting on Wednesday, devoted to the issue. more

UN on ‘positive trajectory’ towards full gender parity

New York: Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human rights - the new Agenda for Peace - the UN chief told a meeting on Tuesday ...

Interlinked crises erasing hard-won gains for gender equality in region

The aggravating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on existing inequalities, coupled with the effects of the climate crises and disasters in the region, is erasing many hard-fought gains mad ...

India's 'missing women' are back, NFHS finds the country has more females than males

New Delhi: India has more women than men -- 1020 women per 1000 men -- for the first time in recorded history, the fifth National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) has revealed, asserting t ...

Gender equality means business, Secretary-General chief tells corporate leaders

New York: The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society at large.

Redouble efforts against ‘global scourge’ of gender-based violence, intensified by pandemic: Guterres

New York: From domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV) is “a global scourge” that is being exacerbated b ...

Gender equality, education and the environment at the forefront of new SDG Advocate campaigns

New York: Back in May, six innovative public figures joined the battle to push the world towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Each of the new official SDG Ad ...

South Sudan’s women caught up in ‘futile man’s war’ UN gender equality chief

New York,The women of South Sudan are leading calls for political and militia leaders to honour the recent revitalized peace agreement, and end what they regard as a “futile man&rsq ...

Indian top court rules to annul Triple Talaq, seen as victory for Muslim women

New Delhi, Aug 22 (JEN): In what is seen as a landmark victory for the Muslim women in India, who are fighting to scrap the practice of triple talaq, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday sa ...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's unique message in support of gender equality campaign

Mumbai, Mar 2 (Just Earth News): Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan joined the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development's (WCD's) 'We Are Equal' campaign and put across a message of ge ...