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Women's public role shrink in China as official rhetoric shift towards family, children: StudyChinese state media increasingly emphasises women's domestic roles, a shift from earlier public sphere portrayals. This change coincides wi...- On This Day in History, July 1: Terminator 2 premiers, Dominion of Canada is formed, Bretton Woods Conference opens, Hong Kong returns to China, Sony Walkman debuts, Princess Diana is born and other key eventsOn This Day in History, July 1 marks a date shaped by major military campaigns, nation-building, scientific breakthroughs and cultural mile...
- Hegseth attacks NATO allies and announces a review of US forces in EuropeU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a six-month review of American troop deployments in Europe, warning that future U.S. military...
- Chinese Proverb of the Day: “Women hold up half the sky" — Life lessons on empowerment, strength, recognition and why equality benefits everyoneChinese Proverb of the Day highlights the meaning of “Women hold up half the sky.” The saying emphasizes the essential role women play in s...
- United Nations defeats Russian resolution promoting women's participation at peace tablesThe Russian draft was supported by Russia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and South Africa. The countries that abstained were the United States,...
- India beats China to win crucial election to UN commission on womenChina, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, got only 27 votes and could not even cross the half-way mark and also failed to get t...
- Attractiveness sells: China's startups want `Good-Looking' tech workersOn the country’s two largest job websites -- Liepin and Zhaopin -- thousands of ads for internet companies use language that suggests bias ...
- Women are on track to earn the same as men -- in 202 yearsThe economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest t...
- Advancing gender parity could contribute $770 billion to India’s GDP by 2025: McKinsey reportIn contrast, in China, women contribute 41% to the overall GDP and comprise 44% of the workforce and in Singapore, these are 39% and 45%, r...
- Being a woman got even worse in 2017: It will take 100 years before women achieve equalityThe global backsliding reflects a general slowing of progress in the world’s larger economies.
- From China-Pak threat to gender equality, Nirmala Sitharaman's plate is full of challengesAs the country’s first full-time woman “Raksha Mantri” in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environs of the armed forces, all eyes will als...
- On this International Day for Women, here's how to step it up, ladies!The world of work is changing, and with significant implications for women.
- Women’s progress in employment and leadership stalls in Asia PacificIn 12 out of 18 Asia Pacific markets, women outnumber men in university education gross enrollment rate, however, educational attainment is...
- China criticises Hillary Clinton's remark on global women's rightsCiting China's arrest of five feminists in March for campaigning against sexual harassment, Clinton called Xi's presence at the summit "sha...
- World still unfair to women despite 15 years of UN effortsOne in 3 women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence -mostly by an intimate partner. Also, in most of the 83 countries eval...
- India slips to 114th spot in WEF Gender Gap IndexIndia’s poor performance was largely on account of deterioration in economic participation and opportunity, as well as educational attainme...
- China to continue with controversial one-child policyChina has dismissed reports that the country's new leadership may ease up on the one-child policy, saying that it would continue adhering t...
- Delhi gang rape case: No genuine gender equality in India, claims Chinese newspaper"The abuse of women in India is shocking," Global Times said in a commentary, citing "572 rapes were recorded in New Delhi in 2011."
- 320 mn people in India, China to come out of poverty by'15: UNAs many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.
- India named among world's 10 most gender-biased economiesIn the overall ranking, the country has slipped from 98th rank in 2006 when the index included a total of 115 countries. No longer a gender...
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