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Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao: Govt should reconsider spending on advertisements
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Under Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme, the government should reconsider spending on advertisements and should focus on planned expenditure allocation for sectoral interventions in education and health, recommended the Committee on the Empowerment o
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Actress Trishna Pritam stands for empowerment of women
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI/ATK): Social activism is not everyone's expertise but of souls who are touched with humanity and driven to work towards the welfare of people. One such name is of the young and dynamic lady called Trishna who is a known face in social activism.
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Odisha govt sees engagement of Mission Shakti groups as part of its commit
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 17 (ANI): Odisha Government sees the engagement of Mission Shakti groups as a part of its commitment towards economic empowerment of women in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Wednesday.
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Women's commission, NALSA launch pan-India legal awareness programme for w
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW), along with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Saturday launched a pan-India Legal Awareness Program for Women titled "Empowerment of Women through Legal Awareness" to impart practical knowledge abo
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Manushi Chhillar roped in by United Nations to bat for women safety
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Former Miss World and Bollywood actor Manushi Chhillar have been roped in by United Nations Women (The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for a global initiative #OrangeTheWorld to raise awareness on gender-based vio
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Telangana Governor refers to coronavirus crisis, lays stress on economic e
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 23 (ANI): Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday exhorted women to strive to get economically empowered.
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Empowerment of women not just clarion call but motto of my life: Shivraj S
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that the empowerment of women is not just a clarion call but the motto of his life.
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Mauritius based Aviator EMF invests USD 3.1 million in Midland Microfin Lt
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India] May 5 (ANI/Digpu): Recognising the potential of microfinance institutions in India, Aviator Emerging Market Fund has invested USD 3.1 million (approx Rs 24 crores) in Midland Microfin Ltd, a Jalandhar, Punjab based company that provides funding towards financial an
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Parliamentary Committee on Women meets social media firms over women's saf
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women on Wednesday met Twitter India representatives in the Parliament Annexe building and had a detail discussion on cyber harassment and cyberbullying, sources said.
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UN Women lauds Odisha govt for proposing women's reservation
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) lauded the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government for the women's reservation proposal.
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Budget 2019: Rs 1330 crore provided for protection, empowerment of women
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
The Centre has provided an amount of Rs.1330 crore in the Interim Budget for protection and empowerment of women, entailing a hike of Rs. 174 crore over the revised estimates of 2018-19.
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Senior UN adviser accused of sexual misconduct by 8 men
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Aug 9 (ANI): At least eight men have accused Ravi Karkara, a senior adviser for United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, of sexual misconduct.
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