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AISECT Summit 2016 held to encourage women entrepreneurship

Bhopal, Mar 16 (IBNS) ICT & skills based education, services and e-governance group, AISECT organized the AISECT Women Achievers Summit 2016 on the occasion of the International Women’s Day focussing on women entrepreneurship. more

UN Commission on Status of Women opens with calls to ‘seize the day;’ ensure gender equality

New York, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):At the opening of the 60th session of the Comion on the Status of Women, United Nations officials on Monday highlighted the progress made in achieving ...

Some 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection – UN

New York, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Sixty million of the world’s 67 million domestic workers – 80 per cent of whom are women – lack access to any kind of social security coverage ...

Upcoming UN forum to focus on women’s empowerment, sustainable development

New York, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, will be the focus of ...

Boredom drove me to open my own company: Chaity Ghosh

Boredom drove her to seek unchartered territory as she left her well salaried job to start her own event management company and thus Phreedom 4ever was formed. Chaity Ghosh has headed the he ...

On International Women's Day, UN officials call to 'Step It Up' for gender equality

New York, Mar 9 (JEN): Senior United Nations officials from around the world are marking International Women's Day with calls to “Step It Up” with more resources and greater political ac ...

Ban calls for more female police in UN peace operations to combat violence against women

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Member States to contribute more female police, especially French-speaking women, to ...

Women and girls should be at core of disaster risk reduction, UN human rights monitors told

New York, Mar 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Women and girls need to be at the core of disaster risk reduction, given that they often bear the brunt of climate change and hazards such as storms a ...

Indian govt launches safety measures for women in public transport

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): The Government of India has undertaken a project 'Security for Women in Public Road Transport in the Country'.

India's first transgender SI ready to take charge

Salem, Feb 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Prithika Yashini, India's first transgender Sub Inspector, is ready to take charge as she received her appointment order along with 21 others, here on Mo ...