UN mission in Afghanistan suspends border services citing denial

UNAMA further stated that the majority of returnees from Iran are women and children, and without female staff, it...

UNHCR shuts Afghan aid centers over women staff restrictions

UNHCR has closed several aid centers in Afghanistan due to restrictions on women employees, saying it cannot operate...

IIFL Finance Rebrands Seven Existing Branches into All Women

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 10: IIFL Finance, one of India's largest non-banking financial companies, has...

Delhi: Hospital launches self-defence training program for women

This initiative was undertaken in light of the recent incident of rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar...

Central Railway inaugurates 'Pink Station'

The achievement of establishing an all-women managed station at New Amravati follows the pioneering examples set by...

OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan UN women staff

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once...

Women staff replace male staff of CM Chouhan for a day

Since Holi is celebrated on International Women's Day this year and no work will be done on that day, therefore a...

UNHCR seeks reversal of ban of women aid workers in Afghanistan

More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and...

Some 'time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan halted: UN

The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs...

157 polling stations managed by women staff in Himachal

As part of its firm commitment towards gender equality and constructive participation of women in the electoral...

All women staff, security detail for MP Chief Minister to...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday had...

Rajasthan education minister Dotasra says 'schools with more...

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 13 (ANI): Rajasthan education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has made a bizarre...