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Social development hasn't helped gender equality
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Since starting of women's movement in the West during the 1960s, support for gender equality has spread in uneven ways. There are three different transitions in gender attitudes linked with natural characteristics, a new study reveals.
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Mentors can help female athletes combat gender discrimination
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 13 (ANI): Turns out, strong mentors can help female athletes fight issues of sexism and also help in navigating problematic behaviors, a new study reveals.
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Prime Minister Modi assures tough measures to ensure gender justice
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI): In an exclusive interview to ANI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the importance of women empowerment in the country and said, "No country can progress if its women are not equal partners in the development process. Going a step ahead of women dev
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Men more likely to be perceived as leaders than women
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 10(ANI): Despite progress, gender gap in leadership still persists, a new study has found.
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Senior UN adviser accused of sexual misconduct by 8 men
Updated : 7 years, 7 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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PM Modi has always pushed for gender justice: RS Prasad
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks on women's safety, stating that the former party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always pushed fo
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Gender equality will increase women workforce participation: SBI
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Women are increasingly dropping out of the labour force in India. According to a report by State Bank of India's (SBI) Economic Research Department, there has been a drop in about 10 percentage points among women workers from 2004-05 to 2011-12.
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Employment and gender equality- the foundation of development
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Replying to a vote of confidence in Parliament, the Prime Minister made a very important statement that last year 10 million people got employment. Between increasing unemployment, this figure paints the picture of changing India. Although this
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Gonorrhoea symptoms more prominent in men than women
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] July 02 (ANI): Gender matters when it comes to gonorrhoea since symptoms in men are more prominent than in women.
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A step towards bridging gender gap
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Blue is for boys, pink is for girls. This notion has been engraved in our minds since time immemorial, resulting in lifelong consequences over the two genders.
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Judicial system, also a ground for gender bias
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jun 25 (ANI): Seems like, even the judicial system is not free of gender bias, as claimed by a new research.
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Protecting women in Hyderabad from harassment
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 21 (ANI): Sexual harassment can happen anywhere and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or social status. It's with this in mind that SHE teams held an awareness campaign against it on Thursday.
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