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Sex ratio improves, girls' enrolment in schools increases in Uttar Pradesh
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The efforts of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to empower women of Uttar Pradesh over the past five and a half years are now bearing fruit. As a result of the improved law and order, crimes against women and children have significantly decreased in the state.
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Intruders forcefully marrying tribal girls, grabbing their land: Amit Shah
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a visit to Jharkhand, on Saturday lambasted Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) government and said intruders are forcefully marrying tribal girls in the state and grabbing their land.
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"How do girls get out of house" AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj slams BJP, LG over
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Aam Admi Party (AAP) National Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday slammed BJP and Delhi LG over the recent incidents of crime against women in the national capital and questioned "How do girls get out of the house?".
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J-K: Women participate in 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' awareness campaign in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
To create awareness for the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign, women gathered in huge numbers in Kupwara on Tuesday.
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Women, girls in Afghanistan spent a terrible time in 2022: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Secondary schools were closed to girls at the beginning of the year. Universities were closed for women in December. So was the opportunity for women to work in national and international NGOs.
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Karnataka: VHP, Bajrang Dal launch 'Love Jihad helpline' for girls in Mang
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
he Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal in Karnataka's Mangaluru have launched a 'Love Jihad helpline' for the girls who fell in interfaith love.
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11.6 million Afghan women, girls are no longer receiving vital aid: US env
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning women from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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Swami Ramgovind Das organizes 111 mass Kanyadan in Haldwani
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI/SRV): Hari Sharranam Jun, an organization that actively participates in the prestigious religious and social work of Kumaon, recently conducted the marriage of impoverished girls at Haldwani.
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1 lakh people pledge to donate organs at a mass marriage ceremony organize
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 29 (ANI/PNN): More than 1 lakh people pledged to donate their organs at "Dikri Jagat Janani", the mass marriage ceremony of 300 fatherless girls organised by PP Savani Group in Surat on Saturday.
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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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