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GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN
After Afghanistan earthquake, many male rescuers aided men but not womenAn earthquake in Afghanistan revealed gender inequality. Rescue efforts prioritized men. Women were often left unattended. Cultural norms r...05 Sep, 2025, 09.13 AM IST- VA policy: White House denies report claiming VA rule changes allow discrimination against veterans, DemocratsThe White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs have denied a Guardian report alleging new VA rules permit doctors to refuse treatme...18 Jun, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
- How the Taliban restrict women's lives in AfghanistanThe Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have imposed strict Islamic laws on women, severely restricting their education and work opportuniti...24 Jan, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
- Taliban say it's absurd to accuse them of gender discriminationThe Taliban have denied accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands...27 Sep, 2024, 02.18 PM IST
- Meryl Streep stands with Afghan women at UN, says ‘a cat has more freedom than a woman in Kabul’At a UN General Assembly event, actor Meryl Streep called attention to the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women, likening their lack of r...24 Sep, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
- Tech sec, be more gender-savvyThe technology sector in India faces a gender pay gap of 28-30%, with a higher disparity of 18-20% in junior management, according to an Ao...29 Nov, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
- Tech sector, be more gender-savvyA new Aon PLC report shows that the unadjusted gender pay gap in the tech sector in 2023 is 28-30%, while in junior management, it is 18-20...28 Nov, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
- UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls educationThe International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afgh...16 Aug, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
- Thousands of Afghan salons set to shut shop as Taliban deadline nearsThousands of beauty salons across Afghanistan are shutting down following an order by the Taliban regime that prohibits women from operatin...25 Jul, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
- Afghan universities reopen but women still barredThe university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked g...06 Mar, 2023, 06.33 PM IST
- Afghan universities reopen but women still barredThe university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked g...06 Mar, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
- Child labour, caste-based discrimination, poverty closely interlinked in India: UN Special RapporteurIn Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4 and 6 per cent of children are said to be in child labour, and...18 Aug, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
- Taliban seize women’s ministry building for use by religious policeThe conversion of the building in Kabul, the country’s capital, suggested at least a symbolic slapping down of a ministry that had come to ...18 Sep, 2021, 10.49 AM IST
- ET Women's Forum: Global leaders to deliberate how to empower India's half a billion womenWhat will happen when India’s women are empowered is not the most important question right now. How to empower them is.15 Mar, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
- Ravi Shankar Prasad backs Muslim marriage law reformPrasad said there was unanimity within the ruling BJP on the matter and added that it was “politics-neutral” because India is a secular cou...11 Oct, 2016, 01.00 AM IST
- Pak asks EU to relax travel restrictionsThe issue of restrictions came up for discussion yesterday during a meeting of a German parliamentary delegation with President Mamnoon Hus...27 May, 2015, 02.17 PM IST
- Reformed Taliban: May set off a chain reactionThere are a few things every now and then which make it seem like the bad guys of the world, epiphanically struck by the folly of their way...15 Jan, 2011, 06.10 AM IST
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