India's child sex-ratio (below six years) is now the worst in 70 years, possibly the worst ever. The latest decline was from 927 (girls per 1,000 boys) in 2001 to 918 in 2011.The child sex-ratio,
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Aluminium Company, a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has launched in Odisha's Sambalpur district a CSR initiative under which it is promoting self-help groups (SHGs) and helping rural women start ventures like phenyl
Women can now 'pee' like men with no worries for dirty toilets, UTI!At present, where half of the Indians are screaming about women empowerment, PeeBuddy has come up with an idea that totally signifies this
Rape – the word is often used to define the forced sexual intercourse suffered by a person, be it male or female.As far as females are concerned , rape is not confined to sexual assault
Deepika Padukone, who became butt of all jokes after featuring in Vogue's #MyChoice Video, has more whacking coming her way. Amul, the leading dairy brand, has released a satirical ‘My Choice' poster with an awesome one-liner,
Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut says the video "My Choice" must be appreciated for the effort towards promotion of women empowerment, but she is of the view that empowerment cannot happen by becoming sexists."Women empowerment does
Kolkata: Slamming Deepika Padukone's video on women empowerment, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday said, "We don't realise how much we have changed. It has been an Indian tradition of addressing woman as 'mother',
We often see young boys imitating Shaheed Bhagat Singh by wearing yellow turbans and growing moustache like him. But it's hard to imagine a girl hauling Bhagat's thought and acting the way he used to.YouTube
New Delhi: Emphasising that a society can develop only if it offers equal opportunity of work and education to its women, BJP today said that the Narendra Modi led government has taken several steps in
New Delhi: For six years, Anna Marie Lope lived in constant fear and depression. Exhausted by continuous emotional, physical and sexual abuse, she twice attempted suicide, only to enrage her husband who would then doubly
The otherwise ‘abla' Indian woman is known for donning the avatar of Maha Kali whenever the situation demands her to be. In this case, the lady has turned out to be a hardcore wrestler during
Los Angeles: Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham says that the inspiration behind her eponymous fashion line, which she founded in 2008, is to make women "feel the best version of themselves"."Even if I wouldn't wear something
New Delhi: For the first time in its history, the armed forces will also have all-women marching contingents during Republic Day parade this year on Rajpath. These will be in addition to the regular contingents.
Mumbai: A study on men's attitude towards women has brought to the fore the deep-rooted gender bias against the fair sex and hurdles the women face as members of the local self government bodies in
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has said increasing women's participation in local, state and national levels of governance was the need of the hour as equal participation of women in decision-making was an
New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court has set up a special Social Justice Bench to hear social issues related to women, children and the underprivileged. The newly constituted bench, comprising justices Madan
New Delhi: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has called for making gender equality an international mass movement, saying it should go beyond being a mere slogan.The Women and Child Development Minister said this while addressing the
Geneva: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan yesterday said India is pro-actively working for providing one-third reservation for women in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.In her address at the 131st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stressed on the importance of “self-sufficiency with self-respect”.Modi said this while addressing an event organised by the Gujarat government at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Modi said that self-sufficiency with
New Delhi: Is there anything called work-life balance? Are women respected enough in the society? Women are vulnerable to physical and mental exploitations and technology is a way to make them safe, BJP MP Meenakshi
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