Gender

New Delhi: The Union government has prepared a checklist of companies to find out whether women employees are paid at par with men for the same job being done. According...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has ruled while an unmarried or widowed daughter has a claim in the estate of her deceased father, the same does not apply to...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the family members and relatives of a 22-year-old lesbian not to threaten or put pressure on her or her partner, saying they...

New Delhi:  Insulting a woman or being rude to her and not behaving in a chivalrous manner will not amount to outraging the modesty of a woman, the Delhi High...

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday launched a handbook to go after gender stereotypes prejudicial to women. Words like eve-teasing, housewife, and affair may soon be out of the legal...

New Delhi: "Children born out of non-marital relationships cannot be called illegitimate," said Rekha Sharma, a Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). Endowing dignity and equality to the...

Chennai: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the efforts of an urban local body to promote gender mainstreaming and make the city a safer place for women has borne fruit....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought the Centre’s response on a batch of petitions related to the criminalisation of marital rape. A bench led by Chief Justice of India...

Girls in their hijabs turned up to their university campuses on Wednesday only to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards.

New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the state administration over a curfew for girls studying at a government-run medical college in Kozhikode, the Kerala High Court has demanded to know...