New York, Feb 14 (JEN): United Nations officials have marked World Radio Day by calling for harnessing the enduring power of this vital medium to promote gender equality and women's empower ...

New York, Feb 6 (JEN): Calling the role of women in decision-making vital for Afghanistan’s future, the top United Nations official there said on Wednesday the level of their participation ...

New York, Feb 5 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday pledged to root for women everywhere ahead of his departure for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, while stressing t ...

New Delhi, Feb 3 (JEN) The High Level Committee on Status of Women has presented its first copy of the Preliminary Report to the Minister for Women and Child Development, Krishna Tirath on ...

New Delhi/Kolkata, Jan 24 (JEN) Taking suo motu cognisance of the Birbhum gang-rape case, the Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the West Bengal government and asked it to file a rep ...

New York, Jan 14 (JEN): The voice of Syrian women must be heard in all efforts to resolve the civil war that is tearing their country apart, a United Nations-sponsored conference declared on ...

New York, Dec 25 (JEN): Despite remarkable strides in improving women’s lives, China is insufficiently implementing relevant laws against discrimination and more needs to be done to ensur ...

Much has been said about social media like the Twitter as an attention grabbing tool. But in today’s fast moving communication era it is also being used for serious causes like fighting g ...

New York, Dec 9 (JEN): Afghan authorities registered an increased number of reported acts of violence against women and girls in the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under a landm ...