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Global Gender Gap Report triggers debate on womens' condition in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): A Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity triggering a debate on the need to increase women's participation and representation in all spheres of public life.
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Afghanistan worst among 146 countries surveyed for gender equality: WEF
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Afghanistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Afghanistan as the worst country in terms of gender parity.
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Pakistan second-worst country in terms of gender equality: World Economic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Pakistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity, a media report said.
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Pakistan reports alarming increase in sexual assault cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): The capital province of Pakistan, Lahore reported a large number of cases of sexual assault in the previous week. The alarming frequency of the cases prompted the Pakistan police to review the overall performance of the Gender-Based Violence Cell, a local me
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Use technology to #BreakTheBias, say women leaders at TechGig's Women's Da
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/TechGig): 'Technology is an enabler - and the most efficient tool to bring gender parity at workplaces.
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Boss lady quotes by female icons to mark International Women's Day 2022
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): International Women's Day, celebrated every year on March 8, is a global day for commemorating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
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Planning to surprise the women in your life? Take inspiration from these g
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): International Women's day is here, and it's time to make all the ladies out there feel special. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
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Time has come for men in power to create level-playing field for women, sa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, on Wednesday said that the time has come for the men in power to come forward to create a level-playing field to promote gender parity for women.
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For gender parity, women need to be deployed across organisations at all l
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Women have to be deployed across organisations at all levels and there is a need to bring broad structural changes to make this happen, said Aparna Kumar, Inspector General, Director of ITBP Academy, Mussoorie, speaking on the issue of gender parity in the f
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Cases of sexual assault, rape, kidnapping, domestic violence increased in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has recorded an increase in cases of violence including sexual assault, harassment, rape, kidnapping and domestic violence, according to the Punjab Gender Parity report 2019-20.
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Exactly 50 per cent male and female participation to be achieved at Paris
Updated : 4 years, 8 months 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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Imran Khan fails in ensuring opportunities for women as Pak slips further
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Despite promises by Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide equal opportunities for women, Pakistan has been ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on gender inequality, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2021, released on
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