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  International Women's Day: UN calls for making rights, equality, empowerment a reality for all women

  World | March 08, 2025 6:41 IST

  "When women and girls can rise, we all thrive," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message ahead of the International Women's Day. Yet, "instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we are seeing the mainstreaming of misogyny."

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  'Men too have pride and dignity, not just women,' says Kerala High Court

  India | December 11, 2024 18:41 IST

  Kerala: The actor Balachandra Menon was given interim protection from arrest by the court on October 30 and it was extended from time to time till Wednesday when his plea was allowed. The Justice Hema Committee was constituted by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress assault case.

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  US says it's engaged with India, other countries for equal treatment of all religious communities

  World | May 21, 2024 9:48 IST

  The US Department of State said it is deeply committed to protecting and promoting universal respect for the freedom of religion. These remarks came after an observation made in a New York Times report on the Muslim population in India.

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  Empowering transgender community: Free education at public varsities in Maharashtra

  Education | December 07, 2023 14:06 IST

  Maharashtra's public universities have taken a progressive initiative towards the transgender community. Public universities are going to offer free education to the transgender community. All eligible students will now benefit from complimentary education in these universities.

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  Iceland PM joins thousands of women on strike against unequal pay, gender-based violence

  World | October 24, 2023 23:38 IST

  Iceland is known as one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. However, despite several strikes to raise awareness, the issues of the pay gap and gender-based violence have persisted in the Nordic country.

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  How Women's Equality Day was celebrated in Kashmir

  India | August 26, 2020 14:11 IST

  Kashmir observed Women's Equality Day today by commemorating the hard work done by the women of Lolab despite the challenges and difficulties.

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  High Court directs equal clothing, washing allowance for employees

  India | December 01, 2019 12:40 IST

  It added that all staff members assist judges, whether inside or outside the court, and their services are indeed indispensable for proper functioning of the court. In their petition, the court employees had submitted that there was discrimination in grant of allowance for uniform and washing clothes on the basis of their designation.

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  Pak will engage with India on 'basis of equality'; ball in New Delhi's court, says Pak FM Qureshi

  India | June 15, 2019 14:58 IST

  "Yes, the meeting did take place, there was a handshake and exchange of pleasantries," Qureshi told Geo News. He accused the Indian government of being in the "election mindset" to keep their "vote bank intact".

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  Kurdish women fighters, an unprecedented example of equality in Middle East

  World | October 31, 2014 13:21 IST

  Madrid: The Syrian city of Kobane, where resistance against jihadis of the Islamic State (IS) has become a symbol of Kurdish unity, is also an unprecedented example of equality for its women, who fight side