Why Women Need A Bigger Role In Peace Negotiations

Women across the globe are playing a distinctly important role as advocates for peace-building and security, for women and men. At Oxfam we see this around the world, and t...

Gender Parity Could Add 60% To India’s GDP By 2025

“The report analysed 15 gender equality indicators for 95 countries home to 93 per cent of the world’s women and 97 per cent of the world’s GDP”. An...

The Right Way To Tackle Gender Inequality In The Legal Profession

In 1978, when I completed my Oxford law degree, we were told we would have to be patient, it could take 30 or 40 years before there was gender equality among the judiciary....

Rajasthan Revolution: In 30 Panchayats, More Girls Born Than Boys

Dolatpura Kotda, Rajasthan: Mali Devi, a 27-year-old daily wage labourer in Dolatpur Kotda, 35 kilometers north-east of Jaipur, was married at 13 as a part of a tradition c...

Suchitra Sen - Revisiting Icons

Standing at the far end of the room she resembled a house wife in a simple cotton saree. A few gold bangles twinkled musically round her wrist. That plump figure was out of...

London Film Festival Turns Spotlight On Gender Equality

The BFI London Film Festival opens Oct. 7 with “Suffragette,” the story of the Brit women who fought for equal rights to vote a century ago. It is clear, though...

Shakira And Angélique Kidjo Support A New Development Era For Children

Shakira and Angélique Kidjo celebrated the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals last week with powerful performances before an audience at the United Nation...

YFR Launches Mans’s World, For Gender Equality At 6th Jagran Film Festival

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Sheryl Sandberg: When Women Get Stuck, Corporate America Gets Stuck

Using the talents of our full population is critical, writes Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg At the current pace of progress, we are more than 100 years away from gender eq...