To Myanmar President Thein Sein and Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura Shwe Mann, We call on the Government of Myanmar to urgently reconsider and halt the drafting of the Interfaith Marriage bill, known as the Law on Protection of… Continue Reading →
Written by Zeeshan Shaikh | Mumbai | June 18, 2014 2:03 am The draft law virtually abolishes oral divorce and triple talaq. It states that only the Talaq-e-Ahsan method should be followed. SUMMARY The draft law called the Muslim Marriage and… Continue Reading →
Farzana Perveen’s murder was not the first time men played the game of honour on a woman’s body. In societies like Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and much of the Middle East and Africa, this is an everyday reality women have to… Continue Reading →
The State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2014 presents findings on midwifery from 73 low and middle- income countries. The report, produced by UNFPA, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and several other partners, shows… Continue Reading →
By Hajer Naili WeNews correspondent Wednesday, May 21, 2014 To puncture official indifference, Latin American indigenous women are staging a tribunal on the sidelines of a U.N. permanent forum “to push back the invisibility” about what they suffer. “The justice… Continue Reading →
Apr 22, 2014 08:51 PM , By SUDIPTA SARANGI, CHANDAN K JHA Male preserve That’s what Indian elections are all about NISSAR AHMAD Parties field fewer women because voters lack faith in women leaders’ abilities — a vicious cycle we… Continue Reading →
Written by Sumegha Gulati | New Delhi | April 18, 2014 2:37 am Can’t a habit-wearing nun appear in court as a lawyer? That’s what Sister Jasmine wants to know. On Thursday, when she appeared in a domestic… Continue Reading →
Employee takes Zee News to court A labour court in Mumbai has ordered the reinstatement of a woman reporter of Zee News Ltd whose services were terminated because she got pregnant.GEETA SESHU reports. Posted/Updated Friday, Apr 18 11:16:00, 2014 In a major… Continue Reading →
Women MPs: At par, but rare still Mainstream political parties do not give sufficient opportunity to women so that their representation has remained poor even in states with higher literacy rates. The electorate, however views them as equal performers as… Continue Reading →
By Winnie Byanyima27 March 2014 Winnie Byanyima, the head of Oxfam, at the World Economic Forum in 2014. Photo by: Jolanda Flubacher / World Economic Forum / CC BY-NC-SA The evidence is clear: Strong development and the achievement of women’s rights are intrinsically bound… Continue Reading →
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