App for lawmakers to check maternal, child health indicators

MPs and MLAs can now keep a close watch on maternal and child health indicators of their constituencies with the help of a mobile application called “Swasthya Samiksh...

Anne Hathaway Is UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway is the latest Hollywood figure to be appointed by the United Nations as a global goodwill ambassador to promote gender equality and wome...

Emma Watson Helps Reveal HeForShe Parity Report

Ten of the world’s leading companies have released new workforce gender diversity figures, including details on leadership roles and board membership, in UN Women&rsq...

Continuing Its Mission To Light Up Lives, Panasonic To Take Up CSR Initiatives At Gharaunda Constituency, Haryana.

The initiative is to support the residents for better sustainability

24 October, 2015, Haryana: Reaffirming its commitment towards building a smart...

UN Official Says Women Paid 24 Percent Less Than Men Globally, 30 Percent Less In Asia

A U.N. agency is mounting a worldwide campaign for equal pay for women, who get 24 percent less than men on global average and around 30 percent less for those in Asia. Rec...

The Right To Life

Watching a few clips of Blue Natalie, an Israeli Television series left me disturbed with the emotionally rough scenes of women being herded on to a yatch and then shoved d...

Mizoram Second Highest in India in terms of HIV Prevalence: Health Minister

With more than 7,000 people living with HIV/AIDS and more than a thousand having died of complications associated with the disease since 1990, Mizoram is the state with the...

Celebrities To Take Part In March For Gender Equality In NYC

Actor Paul Bettany and actresses AnnaLynne McCordand Kelly Rutherford will join women’s rights leaders and activists for a March For Gender Equality on March 8 in NYC...

Emma Watson Launches Next Phase In HeForShe Campaign At Davos Forum

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN Women – the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality – u...