More: Gender Equality
As Women Make up Only 6% of Parliament, Gender Equality Is Still a Long Way off in Iran
On 21 February 2020, the people of Iran went to the polls to vote for 290 seats in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. The most...
Home: A Safe Haven or Prison for the Women during lockdown?
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...
The Gender Debate: The Limits Of Challenging Household Patriarchy
The women rights movement in India that gained prominence in the 1980s and 90s has often been claimed to be a success. True, India...
Domestic Violence and Pandemics
Much has been said of the anecdotal evidence on domestic abuse during the current coronavirus pandemic, with reports from victims in a vast array...
Gender Equality: Why it Matters, Especially in a Time of Crisis
We have achieved much in recent history on the path to gender equality, but we have a long way to go to ensure equal...
Women health workers: Working relentlessly in hospitals and at home
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...
COVID-19, Period Taboo, GBV and its Consequences
The women get their period (menstruation) once in a month. It is a biological process that every women have to face in their life...
Reasons Behind Women Inequality in Pakistan
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...
A higher standard: Global tools for the empowerment of women & girls
We live in a world designed by men, for
men. Women are widely under-represented in the committees that develop
standards that lay out the specifications for...
Tapping the Economic Potential of Women
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
celebrates International Women’s Day by reiterating its commitment to
prioritize and promote the role of women in the economy through...