Women's issues

Guwahati: Padma Shri awardee, human rights activist and anti-witch hunt crusader Birubala Rabha passed away at the State Cancer Hospital here on Monday after a long battle with cancer. Undergoing...

Bhubaneswar: A young woman from Odisha, Ranjeeta Priyadarshini, recently stirred global attention by advocating paid period leave for women employees at the United Nations Civil Society Conference (UNCSC) 2024 in...

New Delhi: Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal on Saturday condemned Karnataka Congress MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's remarks on BJP’s female candidate from Karnataka’s Davangere Gayathri Siddeshwara. At a party workers’ meeting held...

New Delhi: In a rare display of bipartisan consensus in Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha passed the Women’s Reservation Bill on Wednesday evening with an unprecedented majority. After eight hours of...

Thiruvananthapuram: Arya Rajendran became the youngest mayor in the country when she assumed charge at the age of 21 in December 2020. Nearly three years later, Arya, now a mother, is...

By Priyamvada Kowshik Gurugram: Dr Pallavee Srivastava, a post-doctoral fellow at Cardiff University, UK, plans her lab work in such a way that she can pick up her son from...

By Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Udaipur: Indira Meena’s world turned upside down when her partner deserted her eight years ago. A resident of Paduna in Udaipur’s Girwa tehsil, Indira was 17...

Every Women’s Day while the world is celebrating Strong, Ambitious, Passionate and Successful women and their unique stories, another huge set of people is busy tittering and propagating a different...

Patra said that passing the Women’s Reservation Bill in parliament will be a historic step towards empowering 66 crore women in India.