New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Delhi Commission for Women's Helpline - '181' received 200 per cent more calls by integrating the 181 Women's Helpline Quick Dial Feature within the Truecaller App. Since March this year, Truecaller started displaying the women's safety helpline
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.
Oslo [Norway], May 9 (ANI): Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Henrik Thune requested the international communities to pursue dialogue with the Taliban as he expressed his concern over the oppression of young girls and Afghan women in the country.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday discussed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 7 (ANI): A six-month-long Brahma Kumari campaign called Empowerment of Girl Child, aiming to impart spiritual education to school girls was launched recently in the Gurugram district of Haryana in the presence of actor Shehnaaz Gill.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): Amidst several discussions in Afghanistan over the Taliban decree banning secondary schools for girls, the Nimroz education department has agreed to reinstate female teachers in the school.
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The Delhi Police have detained a 40-year-old man, accused of molesting two girls in a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)-run school in Northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura, with the help of the sketch released on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Two girls were molested by an unknown person inside their classroom in the national capital, said Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday.
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): Aid delivery to the Afghan people has not been very efficient under the Taliban regime as the projects to improve health and education are in shambles.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 5 (ANI): Welham Girls' School in Dehradun has been declared a micro-containment zone after seven COVID-19 infected people were identified on the school premises.
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): No CCTV was found installed at the entrance or inside the school where two girl students were allegedly molested by an unknown person inside their classroom in a Municipal Corporation-run school in New Delhi.