Page 16 - Women Empowerment

Women's Day: Meet three entrepreneurs on a mission to empower women at work

International Women's Day: We spoke to three women whose enterprises have inculcated a strong sense of responsibility that helps their women staff get fair pay and an equitable working environment

Govt will keep focusing on women empowerment with emphasis on dignity: PM

Modi lauded Indian women's achievements on International Women's Day on Tuesday, and said his government will keep focusing on women empowerment.

Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon to adapt NFTs into movies, TV Shows

Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine has partnered with World of Women (WoW), the NFT collective, for the adaptations of non-fungible tokens

Raising women's marriage age will enable girls to become self reliant: PM

PM Modi on Wednesday said that the purpose for raising the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years has been proposed to empower 'desh ki beti' so that they get enough time to complete education

Uttar Pradesh: Congress holds marathon race for women in Lucknow

The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh

Best of BS Opinion: Disappointing report, beyond the age barrier & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

Taliban curbs on working women could cut Afghanistan's GDP by 5%

The economic impact of educating a girl in Afghanistan is more than double that for educating a boy, according to the UN report

Google grants $2.5mn to 3 Indian non-profits to empower women

Tech giant Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Monday granted $2.5 million to three Indian non-profits to create pathways to prosperity for women and girls.

Need to build a new India on the basis of women-led development: Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said there is a need to ensure that a new India is built on the basis of women-led development

Supreme Court judge lays emphasis on empowering women

Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Saturday underscored the importance of education and financial independence of women for their empowerment.

PM Modi launched numerous schemes to empower women: Sitharaman

Sitharaman also appreciated PM Modi's move of introducing several women as ministers during the recent Union Cabinet expansion.

As Taliban return, 20 years of Afghan women's progress looks set to vanish

Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all foreign military personnel and declining international aid

Govt to develop e-platform for products made by women SHGs in villages: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday the government will develop an e-commerce platform for the products made by women self-help groups (SHGs) in villages

PM hails women SHGs, releases Rs 1625 cr as capitalisation support fund

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was constantly creating an environment in which women self-help groups can connect villages with prosperity

No political party gives as much space to women as BJP does: J P Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda said on Tuesday that no political party gives as much space to women to work and grow as his party does

From Anupriya Patel to Bharati Pawar, meet newly inducted women ministers

In the 7 July Cabinet reshuffle, seven women ministers were inducted

Japan Inc lag far behind women empowerment in management roles: Poll

Japan's global ranking on gender parity stood at 121 of 153 countries in a World Economic Forum report for 2020

Statsguru: India continues to fail its women as Covid-19 made things worse

India's economic participation and opportunity index was rising till 2012

India contributes $300,000 to UN Women to support gender equality

India has contributed USD 300,000 to the United Nations agency for gender equality and women empowerment, a contribution lauded by the UN entity. India made the contribution to UN Women, the world organisation's entity for gender equality and women's empowerment. "#India contributes USD 300,000 to @UN_Women for 2021, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted on Thursday. He said India reaffirms its support for gender equality and women empowerment, describing UN Women as a valued partner in our progress from women's development to #women-led development. Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Anita Bhatia thanked India for the contribution and its support to UN Women and said in a tweet that Women-led development envisions women as agents of change driving measurable impact in the lives of women & girls.

Fundamental fallacies in denying PC to women officers in Army: SC

"There is no justification to exclude women officers based on irrational and arbitrary standards. We must rebuild the structure of our society to include women," the top court said