The World Bank Board of Directors today approved $376 million in additional International Development Association (IDA)* financing to build human capital and improve human development outcomes...
The International Labour Organization, UN Women and the European Union have called on G7 nations to put in place measures to promote gender equality amid the...
On 21 February 2020, the people of Iran went to the polls to vote for 290 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The most recent parliamentary...
The global contagion of COVID-19 has brought the world to take shelter at home. To flatten the curve of the rising pandemic, people are advised to...
The women rights movement in India that gained prominence in the 1980s and 90s has often been claimed to be a success. True, India has seen...
Much has been said of the anecdotal evidence on domestic abuse during the current coronavirus pandemic, with reports from victims in a vast array of countries...
We have achieved much in recent history on the path to gender equality, but we have a long way to go to ensure equal endowments, participation,...
Authors: Emanuela Pozzan and Umberto Cattaneo* Women globally make up over 70 per cent of workers in health, including those working in care institutions. They are...
The women get their period (menstruation) once in a month. It is a biological process that every women have to face in their life time. In...
There is much availability of literature that portrays the issues of women inequality along with explaining the suffering of women at the hands of the male...