Manushi promotes AIDS awareness among rural women
The initiative rolled out on Sunday with the objective to spread AIDS awareness through community outreach.
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Navy decides to set up women-friendly facilities on its fleet
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Shweta Tripathi to launch anthem on menstrual health
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Women bring wings of change in Dantewada
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Six months’ maternity leave for teachers in unaided sector, draft notification issued
An amendment seeks to bring teachers as well as other employees of unaided educational institutions under the purview...
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Women's safety is a social responsibility, says Karan Johar
Karan Johar has lent his voice to the short film titled "Girl's Got Talent" presented by Save the Children and...
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Female comic superhero fights India's sex traffickers, challenges stigma
The story was based on research the creators conducted of brothels in red-light districts of Kolkata and Mumbai.
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She crusades for women's property rights in Himachal
The patriarchal law came into existence in 1926 in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts and some...
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Documentary to trace #MeToo movement across India
The #MeToo movement first took off in Bollywood when actress Tanushree Dutta called out actor Nana Patekar for...
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Young women on a mission to bridge gender gap in technology
Enfa, whose favourite subject is artificial intelligence, says that she hopes to tap its potential to solve social...
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Women must know they are not second class citizens, they have arrived: Indra Nooyi
Nooyi, 64, was on Sunday inducted into the prestigious National Portrait Gallery along with Amazon founder Jeff...
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SC Collegium gets woman member after over a decade
Justice Banumathi will be in the Collegium till July 19, 2020, when she will demit office on retirement.
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UN Women to partner with Kerala's Gender Park
The partnership aims at making The Gender Park, a gender equity and empowerment initiative, as the South Asian hub of...
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Women represent 29.2% of Microsoft workforce globally
Asians account for 33.3 per cent of employees, up from 31.9 per cent last year.
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Tata Motors offers automotive technical courses for women
Tata Motors is all set to bring women into this field where one can learn the nuances of the automobile technology...
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Abused Bangladeshi housemaids struggle for justice at home
Bangladesh is one of the world's biggest labour-exporting countries with about 7,00,000 people finding jobs overseas...
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Women's safety: Anti-trafficking units, help desks soon
The initiative will strengthen women's safety and instil a greater sense of security among women.
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'Cannot remain passive': Voices of protest over Walayar sisters' death
Several people are protesting the injustice in the Walayar case. Some posted about their reservations on social media...
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Free bus ride scheme for women begins in Delhi
Women will be given pink tickets in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and cluster buses to avail the free-ride...
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Health of Indian moms, infants improves, but more needs to be done
According to the researchers, underlying inequities in these rural settings mean that more work is needed to reach...
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Women's safety: 16,000 cameras to pan key spots in Bengaluru
The decision to install the cameras at a cost of Rs 667 crore was taken by the state cabinet on October 22 under the...
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Northern Ireland to decriminalize abortion, same-sex marriage
British lawmakers in London voted overwhelmingly to compel the government to overhaul the laws if Belfast's devolved...
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Women safety, air pollution apps win Marconi awards
Developed by a team from the privately-run Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering in New Delhi, the working app...
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Motherhood is a struggle under spotlight: Meghan Markle
Britain's aggressive press at first welcomed Markle, 38, into the royal fold but coverage has become increasingly...
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US astronauts make history with all-women spacewalk
The much-anticipated milestone for NASA was achieved during a relatively routine mission to swap faulty batteries on...
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Maternity benefits for teachers, staff in private educational institutions too
Employees covered under the law can avail 26 weeks’ maternity leave with salary.
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India's first visually challenged woman IAS officer takes over as TVPM sub-collector
Pranjal Patil cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination in 2016 and secured 773rd rank and...
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Celebrating womanhood at India Fashion Week
Shekhar's show highlighted the issue of period shaming and showcased the journey of how a girl from her childhood...
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Take a breast break, women
Twenty five breast cancer survivors strutted the ramp for designer Anupamaa Dayal's 'pink show' at the...
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Saudi women can now join armed forces
The move is the latest in a series of measures aimed at increasing the rights of women in the kingdom
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4.5 mn new women voters in Pakistan, mostly from conservative regions
Awareness campaign were launched in tribal and conservative areas by Election Commission of Pakistan.
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Keralite woman takes part in year-long global peace march
The Padyatra aims to spread the United Nations' motto for a world where none is discriminated against.
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Kollam woman sets history in UAE with licence for bus driving
The Al-Ahli Driving Center, where Suja had trained, announced on their Facebook page that she was the first female to...
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53% top Indian companies have Male to Female ratio 10:1 or worse: Study
It also revealed that of the total prescribed amount of Rs 23,247.90 crore to be spent by the mandated companies on...
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Women village heads from India tell UN how gender quotas changed society
Two women sarpanchs have brought to the UN the story of India changing the rural power structure by empowering women.
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Twinkle launches Tweak, a digital platform for women
Tweak's video content will first be available to the Instagram community for 48hours before it gets shared on other...
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YouTube's new initiative to support women creators in India
Back in 2015, there were no women creators to have crossed the one million subscriber mark, but today there are over...
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Women's colleges in MP to have police posts
The decision, taken by the Higher Education Department, is being communicated to the Superintendents of Police in all...
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'Women more active mobile gamers than men in India'
Women attributed their taking to mobile gaming to multiple factors, including their peers and friends, to their...
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Women devoted to spirituality, without family and income, are happiest: RSS think tank
More than 43,255 women above 18 years of age were interviewed for the survey, of whom only 6,000 women were into...
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Anushka Sharma in Fortune India's list of Most Powerful Women
The actress, who ventured into Bollywood in 2008 with the film 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi', is the youngest woman on the...
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'Women in India are excited about initiating conversations'
The 'women make the first move' feature safeguards users from unwanted creepy messages or spammers, and matches...
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Army begins recruitment rallies for women soldiers
The Army is conducting a selection test for the first batch of 100 women soldiers to be taken into the Corps of...
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India's women filmmakers make a mark in global fest circuit
Alankrita Shrivastava, Shonali Bose, Gitanjali Rao, Zoya Akhtar and Tanuja Chandra are adding the new-age relevance...
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Delhi govt drafts policy to build breastfeeding rooms
The government is exploring the possibility of incorporating it in the future building plans and amendments to...
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Anupriya Lakra first tribal woman pilot from Odisha's Malkangiri
Anupriya Lakra from the tribal-dominated district is all set to join a private airline as a co-pilot.
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Afghan women determined to vote in presidential polls
Many women in Afghanistan are determined to vote in the upcoming presidential polls to defend their hard-won rights...
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Breastfeeding pods in Kerala railway stations
Breastfeeding pods are designed to help women comfortably breastfeed infants in public places such as shopping malls,...
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Prachotida: Fest of women writers in Kerala capital on Aug 31, Sept 1
The fest is being organised by Bharat Bhavan, Aksharasthree (a collective of women writers), and Women Writers of...
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