Rights
New York, Sept 27 (JEN): Countries attending the first ministerial meeting held at the United Nations on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to work together to combat discrimination and protect the rights of all human beings regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. more
Rajasthan: The talking walls
Rural women in Rajasthan elected to panchayat bodies have brought in revolutionary changes in a traditionally conservative milieu. Rekha Pal reports
UN seek ways to stop online child abuse
New York, Sept 28 (JEN): Experts from the fields of law enforcement, research and academia gathered this week at a United Nations meeting in Vienna to find ways to combat the exploitation o ...
Indian Supreme Court empowers voters on right to reject
New Delhi, Sept 27 (JEN) Voters in India now joins the league of 13 other nations in the world to be able to reject all candidates in an election by exercising their right to a negative vote ...
More Rights
- UN officials says UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe
- Israel-Palestine war: UN rights office says mass graves in Gaza show victims' hands were tied
- Thousands of children killed or maimed by explosive weapons in populated areas: UNICEF
- Pakistan: UN experts express concern over lack of protection for minority girls from forced religious conversions, marriage
- Forty percent Pakistanis are currently living below the poverty line, says World Bank
