Sesame Street Has A New Muppet In Afghanistan Who Promotes Girls Rights

Zari – whose name means “shimmering” in the Dari and Pashto languages – has been tasked with a mission to promote female empowerment. She made her d...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

Women & The Sustainable Development Goals: Participant Voices

Every year thousands of activists from civil society organizations around the world come to New York to take part in the Commission on the Status of Women, the global inter...

Up Next: 1-Stop Crisis Centre For Women

Indore will soon have the first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) for women in distress. According to officials from women and child development department, Union government ha...

Divya Khosla Kumar: Women Are Born Multi-Taskers

She is a wife, a mother, an actress and also a filmmaker -- and her multiple roles never give a dull moment to DivyaKhosla Kumar, who feels women are born multi-taskers and...

India Calls For Empowerment Of Autistic People

Stressing on empowering autistic people through appropriate education and employment opportunities, India has called for enhancing quality of life of differently-abled chil...

Why Are Female Stars Paid 1/4th Of Male Actors: Kajal Aggarwal

Ever since she played the role of a princess in SS Rajamouli’s Maghadeera, Kajal Aggarwal has gone from being an actress to a brand. She was 21 when she started that ...

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman Is The Badass Superhero We Deserve

The suits and architects of the DC movie universe may be wringing their hands over the critical beatdown Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is getting, but there’s a...

Raveena Tandon, Nandita Das Speak On Marital Rape And It Makes A Lot Of Sense

At a time when a lot is written and talked about women empowerment and gender bias, the issue of ‘marital rape’ or ‘sex without consent’ is somehow ...