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The burden of the overworked Japanese mothers

Many Japanese women are caught in limited roles in the workplace, which hold them back from their biggest ambitions caused by the disproportion...

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Children with disabilities more exposed to abuse and violence

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet spoke at a Human Rights Council event highlighting how disabled youngsters a...

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Who is Teesta Setalvad?

She’s simple, strong and she talks straight. She’s also one of the very few among us, who remains c...

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‘Evening Shadows’ makes a plea for women to stand up and be heard

While the Hindi feature film Evening Shadows, which is wowing audiences across the world is a film about a gay son coming out to ...

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UNFPA conducts classes to raise awareness on gender equality

Fatime Ali Abakar from the single-sex Lycée de Bol School in Chad told the UN News, “We spoke about puberty and periods and looked...

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What’s for the environment in the 2019 Interim Budget?

The interim budget, presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, makes an effort in including several broad environmental objectives in its long-term vision for 2030. F...

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Need for Clear and Concrete Mechanisms for reducing Air Pollution

According to the World Health Organization, India has nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, with hazardous urban smoke. ...

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A Record 102 Women create history after being sworn into the US Congress

A record of 102 women elected to US Congress made history on Thursday. The new congresspeople who took the oath of office in the US House of Re...

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Stories that defined 2018 for Women around the World

Among all the gender bias, inequality, harassment and other delicate issues – 2018 was indeed a Year of the Women around the world. Hash tags such as #MeToo and #Time...

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Penn Badgley voices his opinion on lack of Diversity and Inclusion in Hollywood

Penn Badgley, the 32-year-old American actor is taking a stand against acting which is now so stiflingly un-diverse, that he is calli...

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