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UN-led Doha talks with Taliban excludes women, Afghan rights activist says
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"We're going to continue learning. We're going to continue going to schools. We're going to continue doing what we believe is best for Afghanistan. When the time is right, I'm pretty sure that the country will accept their daughters."
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UN committee demands China's answers on discrimination against Tibetan wom
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In a recent meeting, CEDAW members focused on China's treatment of Tibetan women and asked for clarity on a number of topics. The majority of the committee's inquiries focused on gender equality, healthcare and educational access, political engagement, and the protection of religious and cul
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Amid human trafficking horrors, China's claims of gender equality ring hol
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For the upcoming 85th session of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is to be held in Geneva on Friday, China submitted its report where it boasted about its accomplishments in combating the trafficking of women and girls, but "Cha
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Parl panel wants 'illegitimate' child reference removed, law on guardiansh
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has raised strong objection to the term 'illegitimate' being used in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA) and suggested the government omit the word, "as no child is illegitimate, asserting that "the law should be the sam
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