Global Report Suggests More Participation of Women in Workforce
Reducing gender disparities at workplaces by 25 per cent by 2025 could inject nearly $5.8 trillion into the global economy and boost tax revenues, a new report released Wednesday by…
Women Go Topless to Celebrate 25 Years of Equal Rights
The summer of 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark 1992 court decision establishing that women have the same right as men to go bare-chested in public places throughout…
Lt. Governor Urges Delhi Police to Ensure Women Safety
Lt. Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal chaired the second meeting of the ‘Task Force on Women Safety Issues’ on Tuesday at Raj Niwas. Baijal expressed concern over the cases of…
New UN Map Reveals the Status of Women in Politics
The number of women Heads of State or Heads of Government fell from 19 to 17 since 2015, and progress in the number of women in parliament continues to be…
Syrian Women Urged to Participate in the Political Process
As the United Nations (UN) is planning to resume intra-Syrian talks with the warring parties, it has invited them to participate without any preconditions. The UN Special Envoy Staffan de…
A Day Without a Woman: Are You In?
After a massive demonstration in January against the new U.S. President Donald Trump, the Women’s March on Washington (WMW) has decided to organize another campaign to highlight women’s plight under…