Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order directing government agencies to provide contraception to 6 million Filipino women who don’t have access to birth control and other reproductive health-related services. The executive order implements a landmark legislation signed by Duterte’s predecessor, Benigno Aquino III. The Responsible ParenthoodContinue Reading
Reported murders over family shame surged from 28 in 2014 to 251 last year, according to figures given in parliament.Continue Reading
by T. S. Thomas Negombo: Asian bishops have given their women’s desk greater importance in the past three years, but not at par with their other ministries, says a report. Combining laity, family and women under one commission has hindered bishops from taking up issues related to women in aContinue Reading
The four-nation survey was conducted by the international women and child rights NGOContinue Reading
Raipur: With a view to check incidents of eve-teasing and molestation at schools, colleges, coaching centres and parks, a special patrolling vehicle for women’s safety was launched on Friday. The patrolling team of six women police personnel would take rounds across the city to get hold of anti-social elements andContinue Reading
As many as 358 million Indian women (61 per cent) have bank accounts, up from 281 million (48 per cent) in 2014, the biggest jump for “banked” women among eight South Asian and African countries surveyed by Intermedia, a global consultancy. The survey revealed that more women in India areContinue Reading
New Delhi: At least four women were raped and modesty of nine outraged every day on an average between 2012 and 2015 in the national capital, according to data compiled by the Delhi Police regarding crimes against women. In these four years, the number of rape cases increased threefold. WhileContinue Reading
Protesters ransack & shut four hooch shops in Jamshedpur’s urban slums; city SP asks for restraintContinue Reading
Lucknow: Amid raging debate over entry of women at religious places, city’s famous Eidgah in Aishbagh has for the first time made special arrangements for women allowing them to offer ‘namaz’ in the premises on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday. “Separate arrangements have been made for the first timeContinue Reading
New Delhi: Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi told the Lok Sabha on Friday that an analysis of statistics from the years 2012 to 2014 showed that at least 20 women were killed for dowry every day, adding up to 25,000 women murdered or driven to suicide by dowry-demandingContinue Reading
