Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime — here’s why it’s needed
UN data shows that, on average, five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family
War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis
Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads
Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights
Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights
Proposed changes before parliament could permit medicalised female genital cutting and allow it for consenting adults
SADC civil society intensifies efforts to review abortion care legislation
Policy barriers in many countries in southern Africa need to be removed to stop unsafe abortions, improve women’s health
Violence against women with disabilities and older women goes unseen: WHO advocates for urgent action
Older women and women with disabilities can be extremely isolated when violence occurs, complicating their ability to seek help and report the abuse
Fair sex, unfair pay: Women in healthcare paid 24% less than men, highlights WHO report
Gender pay gap despite women comprising 67% of global health & social care workforce, specialties still dominated by men
Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study
Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes
Abused, abandoned, neglected: The plight of India’s older women
Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life
India 117th among 190 countries in empowering women
Even least developed countries like Rwanda, Lesotho fared better than India
Sub-Saharan Africa might need nearly a century to achieve gender parity: Global Gender Gap Report
Gender equality in the region may not be fully realised until 2125
Africa would need another 142 years to achieve gender equality
The disparity could cost the continent nearly US$700 billion by 2025
Very few women board members from low-income countries in global health companies: Report
Around 70% of these companies have not had a woman board chair in the five years
Women in workforce: Low participation majorly due to gender discrimination, says new Oxfam report
Participation rate for women fell to 25% in 2021 from 43% in 2004-05
NFHS-5 paints an anaemic picture of child health and nutrition
India’s sex ratio improves, but 9 million girls went ‘missing’ in last 2 decades to foeticide
Wealth, education and fertility are the key factors behind improvement
Integral role of women in waste management
Having gender inclusion into waste management policymaking can lead to more comprehensive and inclusive solutions
As told to Parliament (March 15, 2023): Only 16% of India’s researchers are women
The total number of women researchers in the country is 56,747
Simply Put: Women empowerment?
Feeding Africa: How small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game
Small-scale irrigation can improve nutritional outcomes in several important ways
Parliamentary Digest (August 5, 2022): Anaemia in children on the rise
All that was discussed in the House through the day
The gender pay gap for the FIFA World Cup is $370 million. It’s time for equity
The lack of gender parity is evident in all stages of the popular game
As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’
Kenya’s Turkana County experienced the highest increase in inequality: Report
It is among the 12 counties in the country where inequality rose
Gender-based violence prevalent in eastern, southern Africa during COVID-19 pandemic: Report
Violence against women with disabilities was found to be even higher in the region