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Acid attack survivor, a peon's daughter, tops in school with 95 per cent i
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Setting an example for many girls in the country, Kafi, an acid attack survivor and the daughter of a peon, topped her school by scoring 95.02 per cent marks in the CBSE Class 10 exams.
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Mother's Day: Over 3,000 women participate in 'Saree Walkathon' event orga
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The event which was organised by Rajkot Police alongwith 25 organisations, covered a distance of three kilometres before concluding at the starting point at the city's Police headquarter. Only women and girls dressed in sarees were allowed to participate.
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Trend of pre-wedding photo shoot is dangerous for girls' future: Chairpers
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In reference to a case kept for hearing in the commission, the chairperson said, "Pre-wedding shoots are dangerous for the future of girls and this is not our culture."
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Girls in Afghan province of Balkh call on Taliban to reopen schools
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As Afghan girls continue to remain deprived of education under the Taliban regime, girls in Balkh province have once again called out the de-facto authorities to reopen schools for them and let them learn, TOLOnews reported.
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UN experts call on Taliban to end "brutal" forms of punishment
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A group of UN-appointed ten Special Rapporteurs, including Richard Bennett and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, called on the Taliban to end "brutal and undignified" forms of punishment, including stoning, flogging, and burying people under walls.
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Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class 12 board exams again: Official
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Controller of Examinations, Sanyam Bhardwaj on Friday said that girls have outshined boys again in class 12 board results with a 90 per cent pass percentage recorded in females.
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CBSE announces class 12 exam results, girls outshine boys by 6.01 pc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
CBSE will not award first, second and third divisions to its students, to avoid unhealthy competition.
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Amid human trafficking horrors, China's claims of gender equality ring hol
Updated : 3 years ago IST
For the upcoming 85th session of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is to be held in Geneva on Friday, China submitted its report where it boasted about its accomplishments in combating the trafficking of women and girls, but "Cha
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Two girls gang raped in Tripura's Gomati district, 1 held
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"An incident of alleged gang rape of two girls has been reported under Gomati district on May 11. Gomati Police arrested the accused within 6 Hours," an official statement said.
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Telangana: 6 students including 3 girls die by suicide after Intermediate
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education had released the results of the Intermediate Public Examinations on Tuesday.
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Conditions for reopening schools for girls above Grade 6 still unsuitable:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Sayed Habibullah Agha said that the final decision regarding the reopening of the schools will be made by religious clerics.
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Unstable, volatile Afghanistan causes worry to UN
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Worsening human rights, in particular women's and girls' rights, poverty, hunger, terrorism and the spread of drug trafficking are among the issues that the people of Afghanistan have been facing under Taliban rule.
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