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Taliban govt annuls divorces, forces women to return to abusive husbands

The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed severe restrictions on women's lives that the United Nations (UN) called "gender-based apartheid"

Updated On : 06 Mar 2023 | 10:35 PM IST

India's G20 Presidency a real opportunity to share lessons from South

India's role as the G20 chair is a real opportunity for it to share lessons from the global South with the rest of the world, a top UN Women official has said, as she voiced appreciation for New Delhi placing issues of women-led development and gender equality as the centrepiece of its presidency of the grouping. India assumed the Presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, to 30 November 2023. I see the G20 Presidency of India as a real opportunity for India to share lessons from the global South with the rest of the world, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Anita Bhatia told PTI in an exclusive interview here Monday. She said, for us as UN Women, what is really interesting...is how India is putting the issue of women-led development and a focus on gender equality as a centrepiece of its G20 Presidency. One of the things that (India's G20) Presidency can do is to share development stories and pragmatic ...

Updated On : 14 Feb 2023 | 11:06 AM IST

Why a more populous world will need different rules of governance

The western obsession with individual freedoms, which has been globalised after 1945, may need to give way to a more realistic approach wherein groups become the units of governance

Updated On : 09 Nov 2022 | 2:25 PM IST

Solution to multilateralism is reformed multilateralism, says Jaishankar

The solution to globalisation is decentralisation and the solution to multilateralism is reformed multilateralism, not a 1945-version of multilateralism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. Speaking at an event titled The G20 Imperative: Green Growth and Development for All' organised by the Observer Research Foundation here on Friday, Jaishankar said the two words under attack currently are globalisation and multilateralism. I don't think there's anything wrong with either of them. What is challengeable is how they have been implemented. Has multilateralism failed us? I will say this form of multilateralism in the hands of these people perhaps has not delivered," he said. Jaishankar was in conversation with UK's Minister of State for Development, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Vicky Ford and World Economic Forum President Borge Brende in a discussion moderated by President of Observer Research Foundation Samir Saran. Jaishankar added that the ...