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Violence against women rampant in Pakistan; safety, security remain a conc
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Violence against women in Pakistan has become a problem that cannot be neglected, as it has become a social norm in the households.
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Afghan female student sexually assaulted, beaten by Taliban official
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 31 (ANI): An Afghan female medical student, Elaha, whose father was a former general in the National Security Directorate said that she was sexually assaulted and beaten by a Taliban official.
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Pakistan women journalists fight for equality amid high risk of violence,
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): Gender pay gap, gender bias-ness, and unfair treatment of female employees are issues rampant in Pakistan and the condition of women working as journalists in the South Asian country is no secret to the world.
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Gender imbalance: Cambodian 'brides' being trafficked to China
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 28 (ANI): Lured by the promise of well-paid jobs, Cambodian women are being trafficked to China only to be sold as brides as Beijing grapples with a huge gender imbalance.
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Research reveals that women dislike communality compliments at work
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 27 (ANI): According to new Cornell University research, women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women's virtues and are seen as important for workplace advancement.
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Indian Army celebrates Women's Equality Day in J-K to promote woman empowe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 26 (ANI): The Indian Army, on the occasion of Women's Equality Day, which is celebrated annually on August 26, conducted an event based on the theme 'Gender equality today for sustainable tomorrow', to promote the agenda of women equality and women
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Lot of queries increased by transgenders for gender affirmation surgeries:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): The AIIMS Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns block has received many queries related to gender affirmation surgeries after full-fledged medical services available for the non-COVID patients at the hospitals after COVID lockdown, said Dr (Prof)
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G20 Ministerial Conf on Women Empowerment in Bali: Smriti Irani shares "tr
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bali [Indonesia], August 24 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani, at the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment in Bali, apprised the representatives from the member countries of the "transformative" measures India has undertaken to leverage technology leading to the holistic devel
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Merck Foundation Alumni Summit conducted in Zambia to report the impact on
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India): CEO of Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany met H.E. MUTINTA HICHILEMA, The First Lady of Zambia and Ambassador of Merck Foundation "More than a Mother" for the first time at the State
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Was paraphrasing what Ambedkar said: JNU VC on her 'caste of Gods' remarks
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): A day after her remarks during a lecture in which she had said that anthropologically gods do not belong to the upper caste, JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said it is to the credit of Hinduism that great dissenters from Gautam Buddha to
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Merck Foundation's "Our Africa" TV Program now on LNTV, Liberia, AYV, Sier
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Monrovia [Liberia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany is broadcasting their TV program - 'Our Africa by Merck Foundation' on three prime channels; LNTV in Liberia, AYV Sierra Leone and ZNBC in Zambi
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Study: Autism diagnosis can be improved by looking at men and women's diff
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bath [England], August 23 (ANI): A group of researchers revealed that the diagnosis of autism could be improved by taking into account the differences in how men and women experience and act on their emotions.
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