WOMEN

Paromita Das New Delhi, 16th October: In West Bengal, where the air once echoed with chants of “Jai Maa Durga” and the goddess’s image towers over every street during the grand Durga Puja, a disturbing contradiction keeps surfacing. The…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - According to a new survey by UN Women and partners released on Wednesday stated that women’s rights organizations in Ukraine are facing a crisis after major funding suspensions from the US. The report…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday issued a strong call for action to civil society representatives gathered for a town hall meeting part of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women at a time of…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday said that the Member States must do more to prevent cyber bullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology which hampers the rights of persons with…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Commission on the Status of Women conference opened on Monday at the headquarters in New York said that the gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global…

By Anjali Sharma WASHINGTON – India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday has announced the first-ever Conference for Women Peacekeepers on the theme “Women in Peacekeeping: A Global South Perspective” will take place from…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS - UN Women on Wednesday said that 3 years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, left millions in urgent need of support. The agency reported that Russia’s full-scale…

Paromita Das New Delhi The 1984 anti-Sikh massacre remains one of the most tragic and shameful episodes in Bharat’s modern history. In the days following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday in his message for the day said that STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are crucial to economic growth yet gender inequality in these fields remains…

By Anjali Sharma UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights panel on Monday said that one in three women is subjected to physical or sexual violence, and 800 women and girls continue to die every day from preventable causes during pregnancy and…