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UN calls for gender equality for long-term development of Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan Alison Davidian has called for gender equality for long-term development and lasting peace in the country.
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Sheezan Mohammed of Pavitraa Bharose Ka Safar opens up about how men can b
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17 (ANI/Mediawire): Countless campaigns, extensive social media fights, long marches and a multitude of fundraisers - but we're still barely even scratching the surface of gender equality.
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Gender equality pillar of Swedish foreign policy: Envoy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Swedish Ambassador to India Klas Molin has said that gender equality is a pillar of Sweden's foreign policy and his country backs allocating resources and securing representation at all levels.
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Exactly 50 per cent male and female participation to be achieved at Paris
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], July 6 (ANI): As the three-day Generation Equality Forum came to a close last week in Paris, France, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday announced its commitments towards strengthening and accelerating gender equality at the Olympic Games and across t
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Government of India selects Chandigarh University as GATI Charter Institut
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the aegis of Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (GOI) has selected Chandigarh University as GATI Charter Institution (Gender Advancement for Transforming Institutions
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Feminist activist's request to man to stop smoking triggers violent reacti
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Palo Alto [US], May 16 (ANI): A request by a feminist activist to a man to stop smoking at a restaurant in China's Chengdu triggered a violent reaction, death threats and later "patriotic social mobs" harassed her on the net.
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Riya Sinha, Shraddha Varma's brainchild Fuzia voice for new age feminism,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kotputli (Rajasthan) [India], May 5 (ANI/PNN): Every story needs to be heard. It needs to reach out to every single person who can possibly connect to it and learn from it. But to our dismay, many voices are left unheard.
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Ariel India's new film on Dr VS Priya, Kerala's first transgender Doctor,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ariel is known for progressing the lives of people through its innovation in laundry as well as by taking up the cause of furthering gender equality within households in the country.
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China's new divorce law a step back for gender equality
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 2 (ANI): China's newly introduced divorce law , which requires couples filing for a divorce to complete a 30-day cooling-off period, has proven to be a step back for gender equality, making it harder for housewives and abused women to leave their husbands.
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ADB's 2020 operations hit record high to aid COVID-19 response
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], April 27 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed a record 31.6 billion dollars in 2020 to help Asia and the Pacific swiftly tackle the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak; support a green, sustainable recovery from the pandemic; and address longer-term
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Guru Granth Sahib stanza included in UN official video on gender equality
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 31 (ANI): On the 4th Anniversary of the United Nations Faith for Rights declaration, the UN Office of the High commissioner on Human Rights has issued a short video on gender equality which contains a stanza from Guru Granth Sahib read by renowned scholar and huma
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Cabinet reshuffle focused on gender equality brings welcome change: Oz PM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 29 (ANI): Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared a cabinet reshuffle after backlash against his government was triggered for its poor handling of sexual assault allegations in parliament, local media reported on Monday.
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