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UN body to hold debate on Afghan women's rights on July 1
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) is set to convene an urgent debate on July 1 to address the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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HRC to convene urgent debate on rights situation of women in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) is set to convene an urgent debate on July 1 to address the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Violations of women's rights in Taliban led Afghanistan growing: HRW raise
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8 (ANI): The list of Taliban violations of the rights of women and girls is long and growing, said Heather Barr, Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), as she raised growing concerns about the violation of the rights in the country.
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EU, Central Asian envoys express concern about women's rights in Afghanist
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], June 2 (ANI): EU and Central Asia Special Representatives and Special Envoys for Afghanistan expressed strong concern about the recent and repeated announcement of policies affecting the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and encouraged the Taliban to ensure that a
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UNSC urges Taliban to reverse policies restricting Afghan women's freedom,
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (ANI): United Nations Security Council on Tuesday urged the Taliban to reverse the policies restricting the human rights and fundamental rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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BCCI awards title sponsorship rights of Women's T20 Challenge 2022 to My11
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today awarded the title sponsorship rights for the Women's T20 Challenge 2022 to Indian fantasy sports platform My11Circle after successfully participating in the bidding process.The Women's T20 Chal
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Uzbekistan not to recognize Taliban regime 'alone', says Uzbek envoy Irgas
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): An envoy of Uzbekistan said that the country is not ready to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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Women at workplace Champion Kunal Chowdhry Invests in RushOwl - AI-based P
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kunal Chowdhry, global investor and champion of safety and equal rights of women at the workplace, has invested in RushOwl, a Singapore-based HR Tech startup founded by Shin Ng. The app deploys a dynamic routing algorithm powered by Artificial Intel
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Pak, Afghanistan and PoK 'obstructing rights of women to secular education
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Women of Jammu and Kashmir called on the international community to take notice of the "deplorable state of educational opportunities" to the women in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
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Afghans want rights of women, inclusive government: Former Prez Hamid Karz
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 31 (ANI): Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has said that the formation of an inclusive government and respecting the rights of women are the will of the Afghans, local media reported.
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Some 'Taliban-minded' people conspiring against progress of girls, will ex
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): In a veiled attack at the Opposition for criticizing the Union Cabinet's decision to raise the minimum marriageable age of women from 18 to 21, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that some orthodox 'Taliban-minded' peo
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Women's constitutional rights should not be influenced by 'Talibani thinki
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Hitting back at the criticizers of the Centre's decision to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that the constitutional rights of women in India should not get
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