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Global Gender Gap Report triggers debate on womens' condition in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): A Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity triggering a debate on the need to increase women's participation and representation in all spheres of public life.
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Afghanistan worst among 146 countries surveyed for gender equality: WEF
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 15 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Afghanistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Afghanistan as the worst country in terms of gender parity.
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Pakistan second-worst country in terms of gender equality: World Economic
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Revealing a grim picture of the state of women in Pakistan, a report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Pakistan as the second-worst country in terms of gender parity, a media report said.
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Pakistani women continue to struggle to break biases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistani women, including those in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, continue to struggle to break stigma attached to their gender, and navigating life is still an uphill battle for most women and girls.
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As the world celebrates International Women's Day tomorrow, Pakistani wome
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): As the world is moving forward and women are getting equal status in the fields of education or employment opportunities, Pakistan is witnessing a backsliding as far as women's rights are concerned with the country becoming more conservative since Imran K
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JICA signs loan agreement for women's financial inclusion in India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a 50 million dollar (about Rs 368 crore) loan agreement with Northern Arc Capital (NAC), an Indian financial institution, to fund non-bank financial entities that provide financial services to wo
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First-time borrowers and first generation entrepreneurs displayed tremendo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): NeoGrowth, India's leading digital lender serving underbanked SME businesses, recently released the Social Impact Report 2021, which indicated that the company extended 64.5 percent of its loans to first-time borrowers while 84 percent
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Rahul Gandhi accuses Centre of 'disarming women' as India slips by 28 spot
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Citing the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2021 according to which India has slipped by 28 spots, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP-led Central government of "disarming women in accordance with the Sangh's mentali
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Imran Khan fails in ensuring opportunities for women as Pak slips further
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 31 (ANI): Despite promises by Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide equal opportunities for women, Pakistan has been ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on gender inequality, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2021, released on
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WFAN to enable women towards the path of financial independence
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Feb 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): Intuitively, we know that women are good managers and multi-taskers; if one were to consider India's political scenario, there is empirical evidence to suggest that women make good leaders too.
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India slips to 112th place on gender gap in WEF's ranking
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 17 (ANI): India ranks 112th in terms of gender gap among 153 countries surveyed in the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Gender Gap Report 2020 published on Tuesday.
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