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Swiss voters consider whether women, like all male citizens, must do national serviceSwitzerland is voting on making national service compulsory for women. Supporters believe it will strengthen the nation and improve social ...- India-born restaurateur Asma Khan among 195 women features in record-setting songAsma Khan, the India-born British restaurateur, is part of the '195' song. This song achieved a Guinness World Record. It features women fr...
- Indian peacekeeper is UN Military Gender Advocate of the YearMajor Radhika Sen served in eastern DRC with the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, from March 2023 to April 2024 as the Commander of the En...
- MC13: Talks on new issues yield five outcomesAmid pressure, New Delhi said that at least five outcomes were in place at the World Trade Orgnaisation MC13, including new disciplines on ...
- Over 70 WTO nations agree to take additional obligations in services sector; India to benefitThese WTO (World Trade Organisation) members are taking the additional obligations under the General Agreement on Goods in Services (GATS) ...
- Chess official calls for more research as decision to block transgender women from events draws fireThe foundation of chess, which she called an "intellectual sport," is equal: "I mean, there is no difference between men and women at the i...
- India proposes talks on gender equality, women in EFTA trade pact: Piyush GoyalEarlier India had opposed the inclusion of non-trade issues like gender in its trade pacts. On India’s patent office, Goyal said: “About 1,...
- India's intelligence will shine through general elections: Hinduja SP ShanuSP Shanu the Chair of the Hinduja Foundation US, said the first key to this election is economic growth and equality.
- India up one place on global talent competitiveness ranking at 80th: SurveyIndia performed better than its lower-income peers when it comes to growing talent (48th) and access to growth opportunities (41st).
- These are the best countries to live and work in — and to boost your salarySweden, one of the world’s most gender-equal countries, got top billing for family.
- Trade ministers from Russia, South Africa, Singapore to take part in WTO mini ministerial next weekWTO director general Roberto Azevedo will also participate in the gathering where ministers from countries including China, Brazil, Canada,...
- Gender parity: Despite 21-place jump, India at a lowly 87In this latest edition, the report finds that progress towards parity in the key economic pillar has slowed dramatically with the gap - whi...
- Gender pay gap? Most people think men, women paid equallyWomen feel the pinch more than their male counterparts: 70% of women believe there is equal pay for equal work at their employer compared w...
- Women mantris help reduce gap; India climbs to 108th spot in global gender indexIndia has improved its ranking in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report 2015 moving up from rank 114 in 2014 to 108 among 145...
- Embrace differences to achieve equality: Shanu SP HindujaHinduja, who is also Co-chair of the UN Foundation's Global Accelerator, said that in order to live in equality people will have to underst...
- World Economic Forum: Women need to be equal participants, says Emma Watson at Davos'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has called on young men to speak out when women are degraded and husbands to support wives to pursue their ...
- India working for 1/3rd reservation for women in Parliament: Sumitra MahajanMahajan said "women are the unwavering pillars of society and the worth of any civilisation can be judged from the position it gives to wom...
- WEF to feature six sessions for interaction with publicThe World Economic Forum will have at least six sessions on diverse topics including gender equality, refugees and capitalism.
- Reproductive rights fail to find mention in Rio declarationWomen’s rights activists lost at the Rio+20 dialogue with the conference deciding to delete any reference to ‘reproductive rights’ of women...
- What makes women successful in Indian banking industry?Unlike in other countries, many of India's top banks are headed by women. That could be a reason why our money and economy are on top of th...
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