Gender
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Gender gap at work far worse than expected: UN
Mar 6, 2023According to the United Nations, women around the world face greater barriers to employment than previously believed, and the gender pay and working conditions disparity has remained relatively stable for the past 20 years. The International... -
WOW Bangladesh Festival: Recognising the contribution of women and womanhood
Feb 24, 2023‘WOW – Women of the World Festival Bangladesh’ is set to be held on 24 and 25 February 2023 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Honourable Speaker of the National Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will inaugurate the... -
UN: A woman dies from pregnancy or delivery every two minutes
Feb 23, 2023The most recent figures, published on Thursday in a report by UN agencies, state that a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth every two minutes. Maternal deaths have either gone up or down in almost every... -
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
Feb 23, 2023Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates released in a report by United Nations agencies today. This report, Trends in maternal mortality, reveals alarming setbacks for women’s health... -
Saudi Arabia to send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission
Feb 17, 2023Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, the latest move by the kingdom to revamp its ultra-conservative image. Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qarni on... -
UN presses Taliban for ‘clarity’ on women’s role in aid delivery
Jan 26, 2023As one official warned that “famine is imminent” during the severe winter, two senior UN chiefs said Wednesday that they were encouraging the Taliban to lift its restrictions on Afghan women, notably a ban on participating... -
Bella Thorne recalls she ‘almost got fired’ for photographed in a bikini
Dec 29, 2022Bella Thorne is opening up about her experiences as a child actress, including her run-ins with Disney and being fired from a movie because the director claimed she was flirting with him when she was only... -
Taliban order NGOs to stop women staff from working over ‘hijab’
Dec 25, 2022Following “severe objections” about their dress code, Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders ordered all national and international NGOs to stop employing women, the economy ministry reported on Saturday. The decree threatened to suspend the non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) operating... -
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry suspended access to universities by female students until further notice
Dec 21, 2022Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for... -
World Cup: Qatar hospitals will not ask women if married
Nov 4, 2022This month, during the World Cup in Qatar, organizers have said that women will not be asked about their marital status when seeking medical treatment. This is due to the fact that Qatar criminalizes sexual relations...
