Page 10 - Women
Delhi women's football: Pinkey nets 4 in Frontier's big win
Pinkey pumped in four goals as Frontier FC thrashed Friends United 7-0 in a match of the Football Delhi Women's League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday
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Rebecca Welch first woman to referee in English men's league
An English men's professional league game will have a female referee for the first time when Rebecca Welch takes charge of the fourth tier fixture between Harrogate and Port Vale on Monday. Initially I wasn't really aware of it being appointed as the first female referee, Welch said on Tuesday. I was just given the appointment and I was over the moon but when you kind of reflect on it, you think, you're the first woman ever to do this, so I'm extremely proud and my family's extremely proud as well. The English Football League runs the three divisions below the Premier League, including League Two where Welch will officiate Monday's game. I'm really excited. This is what I've been working towards, and being given this opportunity to work in the EFL is amazing for me, Welch said. I do think it's important to show that women who are in the top 1% of their category can proceed to the next level so it definitely makes others look up and know that they can achieve the same. It shows th
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European women's soccer vision sees place for indie clubs
Independent teams should have a place beside storied names from men's soccer even as the women's game develops rapidly, the organization of Europe's top clubs said Monday
Frayed culture
Though new Uttarakhand CM Rawat was wrong in his remarks on ripped jeans and what women should wear in public, encouraging young people to explore alternatives to jeans is the right thing to do
In bad taste
What appears smart may not necessarily be sensitive. A tweet by Burger King UK on International Women's Day touched a raw nerve. It employed language that is usually characterised as misogynist
Men or women, who owns TV remote? A study busts popular viewership myths
An unreleased study busts popular myths around television viewership
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An unapologetic activist
Book cover of We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance
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Men at Delhi's border, women take charge of Punjab's farmlands
With harvest season round the corner and farm protests continuing, their responsibilities have multiplied
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Women report worse side-effects after receiving Covid-19 vaccine: Study
The news isn't all bad for women, though. Side effects are usually mild and short-lived.
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Covid-19 pandemic hit India's women labourers the hardest, shows data
India's LFPR was 50.2% according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018-19. The pandemic further pushed people out of work
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More women borrowed personal loans during pandemic: Report
More women have resorted to unsecured personal loan borrowings, according to a report.
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K-Pop to cricket, women discovering new areas of interest through Twitter
According to a recent survey, 41 per cent women surveyed said they discovered a new interest on Twitter
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ESIC takes steps to ease conditions for women to avail sickness benefit
The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday took steps, such as relaxing contributory conditions for insured women to avail sickness benefit
Covid impact: Women workforce disappearing, most affected in urban India
Women entrepreneurs are struggling to survive, women employed as domestic help in cities, at construction sites and in call centres, and in handicraft and retail units, have lost jobs
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Whose gender bias is it, anyway?
Book review of How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back
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Move to raise legal marriage age of women will see big gains: SBI report
While the mean female marriage age in India is already above 21 years, about 35% of are married before then, with the current legal limit at 18 years, according to SBI
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Woman farmers, SHGs play crucial role in farm sector growth: MoS Agri
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare organised the Mahila Kisan Diwas through video-conferencing on Thursday, an official statement said
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How women, immigrants, nonwhites helped American economy boom after WW II
The hopeful truth is that when Americans band together to force open the gates of opportunity for women, for Black men, for the groups that have long been oppressed in our economy, everyone gets ahead
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More than 75% of women go through UTIs, says Co-founder of Pee Safe
UTI can lead to many associated health issues if not managed on time
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In Bengaluru, amateur women footballers dole out lessons in life and sport
Sisters in Sweat is all about women building each other up, echo members of the community
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