Following an uproar after students were denied entry for wearing burqa in Moradabad Hindu Degree College, the college administration constructed a changing room at the college gate to change burqa on Thursday.
The Kerala government has issued an order granting menstrual and maternity leave for female students in all universities in the state under the higher education department.
Considering the mental and physical difficulties faced by female students during menstruation, the Kerala government is planning to implement the decision taken by CUSAT to all state universities, Kerala Higher Education Minister Dr R Bindu said in a press release today.
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking to direct all the states to frame rules for menstrual pain leaves for female students and working-class women at their respective workplaces and compliance of section 14 of the Maternity Benefit Act 1961.
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/PNN): To carry forward the cause of education for female students and to enable girl children from rural areas to attend school, uninterruptedly, WeCycle, a campaign started by Jivya Lamba student of Modern School Vasant Vihar of grade 11 organized the first
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Lotus Petal Foundation is inviting applications from across India for the Winnie Sun Scholarship Program. The scholarship gives deserving female students from low-income families the chance to pursue higher education in the fields of medicine, eng
On Saturday, the Taliban regime ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from coming to work in the country. The Taliban-led Ministry of Economy (MOE) ordered all national and international non-government organizations to suspend the jobs of female employees until further
According to the videos circulating on social media, a group of women took to the street and marched around the province, chanting slogans like: "Education is our right", and "education for all or none".
On Wednesday, the UN mission in Afghanistan expressed the outrage of millions of Afghans and the international community over the decision by the Islamic outfit and called on the de facto authorities to revoke the decision immediately.
The continuation of co-education and lack of observation of hijab by students were among the reason cited by Taliban minister Neda Mohammad Nadim for banning Afghan women from university, TOLO news reported.