Page 4 - Women Empowerment
At UNSC, India highlights govt initiatives like Mudra to empower women
Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Indian government for women empowerment, India on Tuesday said it offers a unique template for gender-sensitive governance and equal access to education
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Pakistan launches national gender policy framework to empower women
Pakistan on Tuesday launched the country's National Gender Policy Framework, an initiative aiming to empower women across the nation and intensify the gender's participation in the public sphere.
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Nita Ambani launches women empowerment platform 'Her Circle' in Hindi
Founder-Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani, on Tuesday announced the expansion of women empowerment platform 'Her Circle' into multilingual space, with the launch of its Hindi app.
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Women's Day: Meet three entrepreneurs on a mission to empower women at work
International Women's Day: We spoke to three women whose enterprises have inculcated a strong sense of responsibility that helps their women staff get fair pay and an equitable working environment
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Govt will keep focusing on women empowerment with emphasis on dignity: PM
Modi lauded Indian women's achievements on International Women's Day on Tuesday, and said his government will keep focusing on women empowerment.
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Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon to adapt NFTs into movies, TV Shows
Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine has partnered with World of Women (WoW), the NFT collective, for the adaptations of non-fungible tokens
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Raising women's marriage age will enable girls to become self reliant: PM
PM Modi on Wednesday said that the purpose for raising the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years has been proposed to empower 'desh ki beti' so that they get enough time to complete education
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Uttar Pradesh: Congress holds marathon race for women in Lucknow
The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh
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Best of BS Opinion: Disappointing report, beyond the age barrier & more
Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday
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Taliban curbs on working women could cut Afghanistan's GDP by 5%
The economic impact of educating a girl in Afghanistan is more than double that for educating a boy, according to the UN report
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Google grants $2.5mn to 3 Indian non-profits to empower women
Tech giant Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Monday granted $2.5 million to three Indian non-profits to create pathways to prosperity for women and girls.
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Need to build a new India on the basis of women-led development: Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said there is a need to ensure that a new India is built on the basis of women-led development
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Supreme Court judge lays emphasis on empowering women
Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Saturday underscored the importance of education and financial independence of women for their empowerment.
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PM Modi launched numerous schemes to empower women: Sitharaman
Sitharaman also appreciated PM Modi's move of introducing several women as ministers during the recent Union Cabinet expansion.
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As Taliban return, 20 years of Afghan women's progress looks set to vanish
Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all foreign military personnel and declining international aid
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Govt to develop e-platform for products made by women SHGs in villages: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday the government will develop an e-commerce platform for the products made by women self-help groups (SHGs) in villages
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PM hails women SHGs, releases Rs 1625 cr as capitalisation support fund
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was constantly creating an environment in which women self-help groups can connect villages with prosperity
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No political party gives as much space to women as BJP does: J P Nadda
BJP president J P Nadda said on Tuesday that no political party gives as much space to women to work and grow as his party does
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From Anupriya Patel to Bharati Pawar, meet newly inducted women ministers
In the 7 July Cabinet reshuffle, seven women ministers were inducted
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Japan Inc lag far behind women empowerment in management roles: Poll
Japan's global ranking on gender parity stood at 121 of 153 countries in a World Economic Forum report for 2020
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