Bangladesh elections: A December opinion poll by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute ranked Jamaat as the most "liked" party ...

Under the previous Awami League regime, Hindus in Bangladesh experienced relentless discrimination. The president of the Bangladesh Minorit...

Women's rights activists have issued impassioned pleas for both state and societal commitment to address gender disparities effectively.soc...

India has the lowest proportion of women representatives among major contributors to UN Peacekeeping missions, with only 1.9% of Indian mil...

In 2016, the Union government had issued directions to reserve 33% posts at constable level for women personnel in the CRPF and CISF and 14...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, due to announce the Union Budget for 2021-22 on February 1, must surely be searching for high growth id...

"The polling date is December 23," Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda said in a televised address.

The Bihar shelter home horror has reminded the country how heinous its society can be with its girls.

Home Ministry has made its policy clear that women personnel should be at least 5% of the total strength of these forces.

UNSC resolution 1820 (of 2008) says that "rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a c...

The World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report has ranked India at 108 out of 144 countries surveyed, showing a fall of 21 places from the la...

Terming it unfortunate that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal does not have a single woman cabinet member, his predecessor Shiela Dikshi...

In 12 out of 18 Asia Pacific markets, women outnumber men in university education gross enrollment rate, however, educational attainment is...

President Pranab Mukherjee said as he made a strong pitch for reviving the Constitution amendment Bill to give 33% reservation to women in ...

He also said the real challenge lies in identifying and taking measures to address the bias in our laws, employment conditions and personal...

With only 11 per cent of representation of women in Lok Sabha and 10.7 per cent in Rajya Sabha, India ranks 105th in the world, according t...

Almost 100 countries have some kind of quota system or the other in place.