Tag: women empowerment

The awards were given to media professional for their work towards promotion of gender equality.

INDIA. Mumbai, Maharashtra: Mohan Rathod grew up in a slum community in Mumbai. He was a first-hand witness to the impact of poverty and...

AFGHANISTAN. Herat. President Ashraf Ghani signed an amendment allowing Afghan women to have their names printed on birth certificates for the first time. Afghan...

UNITED STATES. Women’s Equality Day is observed every year on 26 August. This event is widely known as an anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment...

NIGERIA. Kano. Concerned over the plight of adolescent girls and women in maintaining their menstrual hygiene in rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, the...

UNITED STATES. Women residing in the developing the countries of Sub Saharan Africa and Asia are less exposed to mobile phones, but access empowers...

As a law student, Zafar understood the weight of a contract, and she was adamant about making her nikah nama a reflection of her and her fiancé’s values rather than those of “a culture which asks you to bow down to the patriarchal norms.”