Indian women wrestlers have stood up to the Modi government and have announced that they will continue their protest until the arrest of the head of the Wrestling Federation of India, Brij Bhushan. According to foreign media, Indian women wrestlers led by Olympic medalists Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat have been protesting for…
“Half of people worldwide still believe men make better political leaders than women, and more than 40 per cent believe men make better business executives than women,” according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in its latest Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) report. “Social norms that impair women’s rights are detrimental to society more broadly,…
Riyadh: On the occasion of Hajj in Saudi Arabia, translation facility is also being provided to listen to the sermon on Friday. According to Urdu News, the campaign in your language has been further improved in the women’s section of Masjid al-Haram and Masjid Nabawi (peace be upon him) in Saudi Arabia. To facilitate the…
Four female political leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Israel have signed a historic agreement called ‘Sarah and Hagar’. This agreement has been made to increase the role of women in diplomacy and to solve problems related to women’s rights in the Middle East. UNESCO official Dr. Goela Clara played an important…
The building of the Lebanese Embassy in Paris Lebanon’s foreign ministry has said it will send an investigative team to Paris to investigate allegations of abuse and torture against its ambassador to France, Rami Adwan. Two former employees of the Lebanese Embassy in Paris had filed complaints against Rami Adwan, which led to an investigation…
US President Joe Biden arrived in the state of Colorado today, where he attended the passing out ceremony of the Air Force Academy. It was the first time in the history of the United States that the US President had female agents on his journey from Washington to Colorado. The responsibility of the security of…
Since the start of the year, abortion has been banned in 14 states across the country, and the consequences of the Supreme Court decision has reverberated throughout the entire legal and policy system, the Human Rights Council-appointed experts said. “The regressive position taken by the US Supreme Court…by essentially dismantling 50 years of precedent protecting…
File photo A woman member of the assembly of India’s ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party also supported the protest of women wrestlers. Women wrestlers in India have been protesting in New Delhi since April 23 to take action against federation chief and BJP MLA Brij Bhushan over sexual harassment. According to Indian media today, Member…
In the United Kingdom, an investigation into the complaint of sexual abuse against a 63-year-old member of the assembly began; Photo: File London: The membership of Geraint Davies, a Member of Parliament belonging to the opposition Labor Party in Great Britain, was suspended. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Labor Party has suspended its…
California: Cases of sexual abuse of female prisoners in American prisons have become a common thing, in which senior prison officials have also been found involved. According to the latest reports, a former officer at the largest women’s prison in California has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing 13 female inmates. Gregory Rodriguez, 55,…
