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Human rights activist raises voice against women atrocities, discriminatio
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Anila Gulzar, a Pakistani human rights activist from the Christian minority, has condemned systemic violence and gender discrimination against women in Pakistan, highlighting issues ranging from honour killings and forced marriages to workplace harassment and weak legal enforcement.
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PIL in Delhi HC calls for spousal-friendly transfer policies for govt nurs
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The petition highlights that the absence of transfer policies based on spousal grounds at AIIMS constitutes indirect discrimination against women, who, as primary caregivers, are often compelled to relinquish employment opportunities.
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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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G20: Brazil Minister lays out focus on equal pay, climate justice; stresse
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Brazil's Minister of Women, Cida Goncalves said that equal pay for women, confronting discrimination against women and climate justice are the core focus of Brazil's G20 presidency, adding that it will be aiming to reach a consensus during the summit.
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"Taliban imposed system of widespread discrimination against women in Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a system of widespread discrimination against women and girls," TOLOnews reported.
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'A Gender-Equal World is Critical for Progress,' believes Sohini Bhattacha
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10: Breakthrough, an organization making gender-based violence unacceptable by transforming the culture that permits violence, particularly violence and discrimination against women and girls, today celebrated its 24th anniversary. As part of the 24th-anniversary c
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SC says courts can’t run affairs of Army
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday said that courts cannot run the affairs of the Army, while hearing a plea filed by a woman colonel alleging discrimination against women officers on giving command over Units in the Army.
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Systematic discrimination against women in Afghanistan, UN report highligh
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"One of the most illustrative examples of the systematic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan today is the relentless issuance of edicts, decrees, declarations and directives restricting their rights, including their freedom of movement, attire and behaviour, and their acces
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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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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No option on table to recognise Taliban regime: EU special envoy Niklasson
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
As Afghanistan continues to face a humanitarian crisis and grapples with the worst political turmoil, the European Union (EU) special envoy for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson said that they are not in favour of isolating Afghanistan but recognising the Taliban regime is also not an option, poi
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Discrimination against women places Pakistan with Sub-Saharan countries
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan ranks 167 in a list of 170 countries on the Global Women, Peace and Security Index. It was placed 153rd on the Global Gender Gap Index.
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