New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Reacting to the gang-rape and brutalisation of a woman in Bihar’s Begusarai district, the Congress on Saturday termed the incident deeply shameful and unfortunate, saying it had crossed all limits of barbarity. Speaking to IANS, Congress MP Manoj Kumar said, “The incident that has occurred there is deeply shameful and unfortunate. The governance and administration in Bihar have failed completely. They are merely making hollow claims and making promises, while the morale…
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United Nations, June 18 (IANS) Women peacekeepers give hope to vulnerable women in conflict situations, serving as symbols of female empowerment, and the more than 160 women in UN missions exemplify this role, according to India’s Permanent Representative to UN P. Harish. Indian Army Major Abhilasha Barak, who was awarded the UN Peacekeeper’s Gender Advocate Award this month, and the two other Indian women awardees before her, are outstanding examples of this role, P. Harish told the Security Co…
Geneva, June 12 (IANS) UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators protesting restrictive dress code measures imposed on women in Afghanistan, where two people, including a boy, were killed and more than twenty others were injured.According to the experts, the protests were triggered by the detention of dozens of women in Herat city of Afghanistan, on June 6 and 7, over alleged dress code violations.“Use of force in law enforcement is strictl…
Bhopal, June 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday extended the ‘Shaurya Dal’ initiative for five years, from 2026–27 to 2030–31, after the women-led network grew into a 2.25 million-strong force credited with preventing crimes and shifting empowerment “from paperwork to action.” Started in 2013 across six districts, the dal now operates in every district of the state. The Department of Women and Child Development said the extension recognises how the initiative has turne…
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Pakistan is failing miserably to meet the most basic constitutional and moral obligations on women’s rights, said a local media report amid the ‘honour’ killing of Gulaan Bharo. “On paper, the legal framework for dealing with such crimes seems adequate to punish the offender, yet based on the incidence of gender-based violence, enforcement and deterrence are still problematic,” the News Pakistan report said.Gulaan Bharo, 25, was killed by her husband on May 2, ad…
Kabul, May 5 (IANS) The third round of university entrance exams began in Afghanistan’s Kabul without girls for the fourth consecutive year, local media reported on Friday. Taliban-run National Examination Authority has started holding the third round of Afghanistan’s university entrance examinations, known as the Kankor, on Thursday, with thousands of candidates appearing in the tests at Kabul University, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported. The exam is being held for 12th g…
Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) A newly married couple – Nadia Aslam and Najeebullah Aziz – were shot dead in Karachi in yet another case of honour killing in Pakistan. The woman’s own brother was the main suspect in the case and police have claimed to have arrested him. However, the question arises why did the police not check when he followed the couple along with his accomplices after they left the court, a report has stated. “…The murder of Nadia and Najeeb could be prevented if the authorities w…
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Women in Bangladesh have faced mounting social, cultural and political resistance against them amid rising visibility, reflecting a troubling backlash fuelled by the active resurgence of extremist sentiments, a report has stated.Citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) data, Bangladeshi media outlet ‘New Age’ reported that nearly 76 per cent of women across the country experience violence at some stage in their lives.It added th…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Pakistan continues to lag significantly behind global standards on women’s economic rights and participation, with weak enforcement of existing legal protections emerging as a major challenge, a report has said.According to an analysis by the Daily Mirror, Pakistan’s legal framework score stood at 46.68, well below the global average of 67.However, more concerning was the country’s enforcement perceptions score of just 27.35 — nearly half the global average of 53 …
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) It was largely coincidental, but ironic, that soon after the reclusive Taliban supreme leader Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada sought to expand Afghanistan’s political and economic relations with other nations, a documentary beamed by a global public broadcaster highlighted the plight of women in the country. The documentary is neither the first nor the only of its kind from the platform or other international media outlets, yet the regime’s reported treatment of women i…