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New York, Feb 28 (JEN): The world must unite to end violence and discrimination against women and girls, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged at an event in Chile on women and decision-making at a today, citing that progress over the past two decades has been made slow and uneven. more
FAO: Ethiopian marmalade soon to hit shelves at Eataly

New York, Feb 26 (JEN): The partnership between the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Eataly which supports family of farmers around the globe, is backing a cooperative of women ...

IAF gives wings to dreams, women officers now in Sarang team

New Delhi, Feb 20 (JEN) Women officers in the Indian Air Force continue to storm new bastions. The IAF’s much heralded helicopter display team ‘Sarang’ now boasts of a women pilot Squa ...

Priyanka Chopra gives a speech in EF 50th Anniversary in Boston

Boston, Feb 15 (JEN) Priyanka Chopra shared the space with former US President Bill Clinton, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former President of the S ...

UN rights report points to ‘increasing regularity’ of attacks on girls seeking education

New York, Feb 10 (JEN): A new United Nations human rights report seeking to analyse the problem of attacks against girls trying to access education found that schools in at least 70 differen ...

Haryana: Mentally-challenged woman raped and killed

Chandigarh, Feb 8 (JEN): In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old mentally challenged woman was gangraped by a number of unidentified men in Haryana and then murdered.

Breaking silence, disproving myths first steps towards eliminating female genital mutilation – UN chief

New York, Feb 7 (JEN): On the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, marked every year on 6 February, and this year focused on ending the 'medicalization' of the ...

El Salvador’s pardon for woman jailed for miscarriage should pave way for review of similar sentences – UN experts

New York, Jan 29 (JEN) The decision by El Salvador to pardon a woman convicted of aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage must “mark a turning point” for the authorities to re ...

Women lodging false rape cases will be punished: Court

New Delhi, Jan 28 (JEN): A Delhi Court on Wednesday ruled that women lodging false rape complaints will be now awarded punishment.

PM launches small savings scheme for girl child

Panipat, Jan 22 (JEN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched small savings instrument for girl child 'Sukanya Samriddhi Account' as part of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme at Panipat on Th ...