Tag: Women empowerment

Remembering Rani Rashmoni: The enlightening philanthropist

She took a major stride towards the ultimate goal to give women the right to be educated

March 8, 2018

Ban those taboos, period!

Conversation around menstruation is avoided in India even today. One cannot openly discuss the problems related to something as natural as menstruation as it is considered embarrassing, dirty and impure. In fact, poor menstrual hygiene is behind nearly 70 per cent of all reproductive diseases.

March 8, 2018

Abu Dhabi holds summit on women, peace & security

A conference on women empowerment to promote international peace and security was held in the United Arab Emirates’ capital on Monday. The conference titled “Women, Security and Peace Summit: The Gender Dimensions of International Peace and Security: Keys to Prosperity and Peace” was organised by the General Women’s Union (GWU) in co-operation with TRENDS Research...

December 18, 2017

Mission for women’s empowerment

A soul-stirring film, based on the inspiring true story of Selvi, South India’s first female taxi driver, titled Driving with Selvi, has become an award-winning Canadian documentary. Directed by Elisa Paloschi, Canadian filmmaker and president of Eyesfull, a Toronto-based independent production company dedicated to non-fiction documentaries, this documentary is a 10-year journey of a charming,...

December 10, 2017

Women have been playing waiting game for long: Sonakshi

Actress Sonakshi Sinha feels that women have been playing the “waiting game” for the longest time as they are always waiting for permissions, validation, acceptance and approval. “I want to live in a world where we, as women, are able to choose. We have been playing the waiting game for the longest time. Women are...

December 9, 2017

Remembering science’s most inspirational woman

While we in India are quite justifiably talking in terms of women’s empowerment, it is pertinent to recall the achievements of the distinguished woman scientist Marie Curie, the first to get the world’s most prestigious recognition, the Nobel prize, in two subjects viz. Physics and Chemistry. She remains the only woman to achieve this distinction....

November 15, 2017

Women and the Nobel

History tells us that women in different parts of the world have been fighting against political persecution, social deprivation and gender discrimination. The Nobel Peace Prize memorialises their achievements and courage and ability to inspire hope in others. Through the life portraits of 16 women Nobel Peace laureates, peace activist and journalist Supriya Vani argues...

November 5, 2017

Maneka Gandhi to promote women participation in sports

Maneka Gandhi announced that she would be working with the Sports Ministry to empower women.

October 11, 2017

Ivanka, Sushma discuss women empowerment

US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed here women empowerment and the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump, who has the official title of Adviser to the President, tweeted afterwards: “I have long respected India’s accomplished and charismatic Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and it was an...

September 19, 2017

Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh bats for women empowerment

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday batted for women empowerment by presenting development grants of Rs 21,000 each to 72 Mahila Mandals or women’s groups. Speaking at a function near here, he said the state has always accorded foremost priority to women empowerment by giving them equal freedom, status and honour. “The women...

September 9, 2017

I’ve always encouraged the women empowerment: Rishi Kapoor

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, who is busy promoting his upcoming film Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi, says that he has always supported women empowerment and has always been part of woman-oriented films. Asked to comment on many films being made on women empowerment, Rishi, in an intervierw on Friday, said: “Since the olden time when ever...

September 9, 2017

The royal touch to women empowerment

An event attempts to change the mindset of people regarding women and special needs.

September 6, 2017

Woman Defence Minister biggest signs of women empowerment: Randeep Hooda

Actor Randeep Hooda says having a woman Defence Minister in the Indian government is one of the biggest signs of women empowerment in the country. “A woman Defence Minister is one of the biggest signs of women empowerment in any country,” Randeep tweeted on Sunday. Nirmala Sitharaman was on Sunday named India’s Defence Minister in...

September 3, 2017

Still a long way to go

The wild waves of feminism that swept across the 19th and 20th centuries provided women with a hitherto unrecognised strength and women's activism became the politics of the time. India, the subjugated colony of Britain, heard the roars of tigresses like Pandita Ramabai who, in Lord Ripon's education commission, voiced the injustices meted to women...

August 6, 2017

Women may be down but are not out

Rafia Zakaria’s article ‘Domestic violence: a man’s right’ (The Statesman, 19 May reproduced from Dawn) struck a deep chord with me. Her statement: “dismantling the cultural apparatus that would enable women to think like women, identify with other women and resist the domination of men is very difficult”, compelled me to take stock of the situation...

July 11, 2017

Sidhu backs women empowerment

Punjab's local government, tourism and cultural affairs minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said his government is fully committed to accord women a place of honour and dignity in the society. Sidhu said, their empowerment across all spheres is an article of faith with the government. Expressing these views on Saturday while inaugurating a photo exhibition on ‘Beti Bachao-Beti...

July 8, 2017

Haryana govt magazine praises veil, sparks row

A photo caption in a Haryana government magazine describing 'ghoonghat' (veil) as the "identity of the State" has sparked a controversy, with the opposition saying it reflected the "regressive" mindset of the BJP government. However, senior Minister Anil Vij dismissed the opposition charge, saying that BJP government had taken a number of steps for women...

June 28, 2017