Tag: women empowerment

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban militants thrashed several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women's rights protest in Kabul on Thursday. According to the reports, a...

KENYA. Nairobi: Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday appointed Lady Justice Martha Koome as the first woman Chief Justice and the fifteenth in the country...

UNITED STATES: As part of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Google Doodle honored on the 4th of May 2021 Hisaye Yamamoto. Yamamoto was one...

Dhamlesh Sangode is a social activist, fighting for human rights with his NGO, Hitenju in Maharashtra, India. Photo Credit: Dhamlesh Sangode

INDIA: In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women's rights and world...

The "International Women's Day" is celebrated on March 08, every year world over. This year it is being celebrated with a theme #IWD ChooseToChallenge # to call out gender bias and inequality. In India the gender equality still appears to be a distant dream despite a plethora of schemes and legislations.

KENYA. Nairobi: The global beverage giant Coca-Cola has appointed Debrah Mallowah, a Kenyan woman as the Vice President for East and Central Africa. Bruno...

UNITED STATES: Nicki Kris and Natalie Jean are excited to announce that they have partnered to create "Sisters In Music", an organization that seeks...

EGYPT. Cairo: The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed four women to officiate its Championship of African Nations (CHAN) competition finals. The Championship...

IVORY COAST. Abidjan: The Board of Directors on the Africa Development Bank has approved a new Gender Strategy for 2021 to 2025. The strategy...

UNITED STATES. New York: Mark Lowcock, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has released $25 million from the UN’s emergency fund. The...

UNITED STATES: Indian-born Swathi Nelabhatla shattered the male dominated technology industry by leaving for the US and starting her own tech company. Loss of father...