UN human rights unit faces financial crisis as 149 countries don’t pay dues
This has made six of the UN’s 10 treaty bodies cancel their sessions this year
Climate crisis: Inequality hotspot study shows where women in agriculture are hit hardest
India stood 12th on the climate change risk index in agrifood systems
In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt
While recent improvements are noteworthy, we are far from winning the battle for gender equality
Six ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young women in Zimbabwe
15-19-year-old girls in sub-Saharan Africa highly vulnerable to new infections
Allocation for family welfare awareness fell 8% last year: PFI on why Budget 2024-25 should focus on adolescents
Investment to bridge digital gender gap & improve health literacy critical to unlock India’s true economic potential, says …
Women are overburdened with unpaid work everywhere across the globe
India can learn from some of the countries that are taking steps to tackle this problem
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2021): No ban on petrol, diesel cars in near future
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Economic Survey 2019-20 bets on ‘nexus approach’ for meeting SDG
India needs to focus on goals like hunger and gender parity, where it still scores low
What women can expect
Will Modi take care that women do not become victims of economic progress?
Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam
Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years
Integrate mpox with HIV, STI prevention & control programmes: WHO
New HIV guidelines on viral suppression unveiled at international AIDS conference
Abused, abandoned, neglected: The plight of India’s older women
Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life
Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study
Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes
Fair sex, unfair pay: Women in healthcare paid 24% less than men, highlights WHO report
Gender pay gap despite women comprising 67% of global health & social care workforce, specialties still dominated by men
Violence against women with disabilities and older women goes unseen: WHO advocates for urgent action
Older women and women with disabilities can be extremely isolated when violence occurs, complicating their ability to seek help and report the abuse
SADC civil society intensifies efforts to review abortion care legislation
Policy barriers in many countries in southern Africa need to be removed to stop unsafe abortions, improve women’s health
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights
Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults
Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights
Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India
War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis
Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads