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New York, July 16 (Just Earth News): New data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that about two-thirds of men, women, boys and girls in countries where female genital mutilation is common say they want the practice to end. more
More jobs & entrepreneurship opportunities needed to promote women empowerment & achieve gender parity: Study

New Delhi, June 27 (Just Earth News): There is an urgent need to create more jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities to promote women empowerment thereby making them economically independent ...

Bengaluru women to train in self-defence from commando trainer Shifuji

Bengaluru, June 21 (Just Earth News): Mission Prahar, a self-defense training program for girls above 8 years and women, initiated across the country by Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj ...

Women in displacement sites in Nigeria’s Borno state face high risk of abuse – UN

New York, June 9 (Just Earth News):New assessments of the protection risks faced by the affected people living in Nigeria’s restive north-eastern Borno state have concluded that women face ...

Ireland: UN experts urge amending abortion ban subjecting women to suffering and discrimination

New York, June 9 (Just Earth News):A woman in Ireland who was forced to choose between carrying her foetus to term, knowing it would not survive, or seeking an abortion abroad was subjected ...

Trupti Desai enters Haji Ali Dargah

Mumbai, May 12 (IBNS) Activist Trupti Desai, who was barred entry a month ago from entering the Haji Ali Dargah, on Thursday entered the shrine with security and offered prayers there, but d ...

Bhumata Ranragini Brigade activists stopped from entering Shani Shingnapur Temple

Mumbai, Apr 2 (IBNS) Bhumata Ranragini Brigade activists, who were led by Trupti Desai, were not allowed to enter the Shani Shingnapur Temple in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district.

UN Commission on the Status of Women ends with agreement on foundations to accelerate action

New York, Mar 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women concluded on Friday with UN Member States committing to “gender-responsiveâ ...

‘Without stories there is silence’ – women speak up at the UN about violence and disability

New York, Mar 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS):When Betty was asked to participate in a multimedia exhibition about violence against women and disability, at first she did not think her story was w ...

UN Women launches media partnership to help bring gender equality to newsrooms

New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality launched an innovative partnership with leading media houses on Tuesday to galvanize ...