Ten years on, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has provided clean cooking fuel to over 10 crore women. This initiative has significantly i...

Union minister George Kurian said some states are moving towards Uniform Civil Code. Uttarakhand enforced it in January 2025. Gujarat passe...

Rekha Gupta accused the opposition of blocking women’s entry into legislatures after the women’s reservation bill failed to pass in the Lok...

Telangana BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Saturday was placed under house arrest by police in Hyderabad after the Bharatiya Janata Party...

The Finnish government on Thursday proposed that a test covering knowledge of Finnish society would be required for gaining citizenship, as...

Thailand has officially legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the third place in Asia to do so. The law, endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongko...

Thailand's Senate approved a marriage equality bill, making it the first in Southeast Asia. The bill awaits King Maha Vajiralongkorn's endo...

The petitioner said the plea was filed raising a legal question and forming a task force to look at the issue will not serve the purpose. T...

DMEO, which is an attached office under the NITI Aayog, has called for incentivising women participation in all training and capacity build...

With this bill, Parliament righted a wrong it had inflicted on its people more than two decades earlier.

Given the past gains, the two parties will now work together towards participatory design of governance processes and effective implementat...

Centre had earlier opposed the practice of triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims and favoured a relook on grounds like ge...

Talking of breaking down diversity barriers, the minister cited media and banks which have benefitted from women mentoring other women.

Sharmistha Mukherjee urged the government to pass the woman's reservation bill on an urgent basis which in turn would help bring about gend...

Reiterating India's commitment to gender equality, Secretary in India's Ministry of Women and Child Development Vinay Sheel Oberoi said.

Mahajan said "women are the unwavering pillars of society and the worth of any civilisation can be judged from the position it gives to wom...

In 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...