Sweden To Modernize Law On Changing Gender

At present Swedish law states that transgender people must go through a medical procedure before they can have their gender change legally recognized, but the government no...

One In Five Believe Women Inferior To Men: Global Survey

One in five people around the world believe women are inferior to men and should stay at home, and that men are more capable in the workplace and at school, according to a ...

Activists, Celebrities And Governments Call To End Global Gender Pay Gap

The UN General Assembly in New York, has unveiled champions of equal pay took, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The...

Lipstick Under My Burkha To Open The New York Indian Film Festival

Lipstick Under My Burkha, which has failed to get clearance from India’s censor board, will open the 17th edition of the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival her...

UN Chief Calls For More Men To Stand Up For Gender Equality

The world needs more women leaders and men standing up for gender equality, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said while asserting that the empowerment of women is about breaki...

A Growth Industry: Swedish App May Mean An End To Physical Contraception Methods

The "fertility awareness" contraceptive method - timing unprotected sex to coincide with less fertile portions of a menstrual cycle - is an enduring means of avoiding pregn...

Exclusive: Melinda Gates On The Power Of Women Coming Together

When women come together, change happens. I think I’ve always known this intuitively, but I really started paying attention 15 years ago, when I visited a village in ...

Shilpa Lends Grace To Women Empowerment Gala

Bollywood actress and entrepreneur Shilpa Shetty-Kundra attended women empowerment gala held here to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 3. It turned out to ...

After Her Husband’s Death, Shanno Begum Defied Odds to Become Delhi’s First Woman Uber Driver

“My name is Shanno Begum from Delhi.”

Thus begins a video telling the story of an extraordinary woman who overcame the impossible to become the first wo...