New York, Oct 30 (JEN): Harmful practices inflicted on women and girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief, an independent United Nations human rights expert ...
New York, Oct 25 (JEN): Cooking, cleaning and caring for children and the elderly should be a social and collective responsibility, rather than fall entirely on women’s shoulders, a United ...
New York, Oct 19 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and senior UN officials Friday issued a strong call on the international community to strengthen its commitment to ensuring ...
Washington, Oct 12 (JEN): Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai met US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the Oval Office on Friday.
Kolkata, Oct 7 (JEN): Fifty Bengali widows from five Ashrams in Vrindavan flew down to Kolkata from Delhi on Sunday afternoon to participate in the Durga Puja celebrations in their homeland ...
Rural women in Rajasthan elected to panchayat bodies have brought in revolutionary changes in a traditionally conservative milieu. Rekha Pal reports
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