UNHCR shuts Afghan aid centers over women staff restrictions

Sep 14, 2025

UNHCR has closed several aid centers in Afghanistan due to restrictions on women employees, saying it cannot operate effectively without them. Women's rights activists...

Women staff replace male staff of CM Chouhan for a day to mark Int'l Women's Day

Mar 07, 2023

Since Holi is celebrated on International Women's Day this year and no work will be done on that day, therefore a day before it,...

Vice Chief of the Army Staff calls Women Peacekeepers flagbearers of today

Feb 24, 2025

Vice Chief of the Army Staff of India, Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramanian, spoke at length about the valour of Women Peacekeepers at...

States should lay thrust on "women-only prison and women-only staff”, recommends parliamentary panel on Home Affairs

Sep 22, 2023

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that all state governments should have a motto of "women-only prison and women-only staff” to...

UN warns Afghan women face "increasingly untenable" situation and risk removal from public life

Aug 13, 2025

UN Women warns that Afghan women face worsening restrictions, risking exclusion from public life. Dozens of UN female staff were threatened in May, while...

Telangana Forest Dept staff, tribals tussle over land; 3 women injured

Oct 02, 2021

Kothagudem (Telangana) [India], October 2 : Tensions prevailed at Ambedkar Nagar in Kothagudem district of Telangana on Friday when the forest officials allegedly attacked...