UN Women Account Removes Valentine’s Day Illustration After Criticism
UN Women’s account removes Valentine’s Day illustration that showed three diverse couples holding each other and a black woman by herself lonesome.
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By 2021 Over 100 Million Women Might End Up In Extreme Poverty Due To COVID-19: UN Report
The poverty rate might incincrease by 2% by 2021, which translates to 120 women living in extreme poverty to 100 men aged 25-34
India plays an important role in my goals says Anita Bhatia of UN Women
Everybody has a role to play in encouraging women to join/re-join the workforce, says UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia.
Indian-Origin Anita Bhatia Named UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director
Indian-origin Anita Bhatia appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Deputy Executive Director in the global body’s agency.
UN Women Project Focuses On Women’s Economic Empowerment
UN Women is developing a three-year multi-country project funded by EU to increase women’s participation in the labour force. The countries to be covered include India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The focus of UN Women is to support sustainable, inclusive and equitable economic growth by promoting economic participation and empowerment of women. It […]
#FeministConference: Feminism Means Different Things
Continuing the dialogue on feminism and what it means to different people. Here’s more on what the speakers said about what Feminism means to them. You can’t call yourself a feminist without involving men and boys to be part of the solution. Feminism is gender-neutral. We need to find ways to engage them and other […]
#FeministConference: Things That The Word “Feminism” Means
At  The Feminist Conference, at St. Andrew’s Auditorium in Mumbai on May 17th, 2018, we saw a spectrum of voices and beliefs. Opinions were exchanged about matters like the responsibility of feminists, the need for supporting each other, body shaming, prejudices faced by the queer community, how cinema can empower women and the likes. The speakers motivated the […]
In No Textbook Does It Say That Only Men Can Be Reporters
There is a huge divide between the way global technology pundits boast about the technology revolution and the way in which women and marginalized communities at the grass root level experience it. While, technology and the internet are more accessible today women still face barriers such as the patriarchy, mistrust in technology and how to […]
We Don’t Realize The Range of Issues Women Have to Deal With
India ranked 108 out of 144 nations in the last Global Gender Gap report produced by the World Economic Forum, which looks at dimensions ranging from economic opportunities to political empowerment and healthcare. In the last 5 years, there has been a striking decline in the female population in the workforce, this only serves to […]
Politics of Body-Shaming: Why Are Women Constricted To Fitting In?
Body shaming the world over has created a widespread culture of non-acceptance, this is especially highlighted and even endorsed by the media and social media platforms. In India, after actor Vidya Balan muted a media reporter who was harshly criticizing her for her weight gain and body shape during the promotions of her film Tumhari […]
