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Computer literacy and English proficiency can go a long way in helping people secure jobs. A Bangalore-based group has now unveiled a special training programme to equip women, including homemakers and college dropouts, with these skills and more. “The objective of the training is to equip women of different backgrounds with English proficiency, computer literacy and vocational skills to make [...]
Love and grief, motherhood, redemption and her hometown Nainital…Writer and novelist Namita Gokhale runs her readers through a roller-coaster of emotions in her first ever collection of short stories, “The Habit of Love”, peeling the skin off feminine dramas across centuries in a contemporary voice. “The stories speak of a woman’s need to love, rather than the objects of love. [...]
New York (WeNews\WFS) – In 2011, Britta Gross, director of Global Energy Systems and Infrastructure Commercialization for General Motors, literally got the world ready for the advent of the electric car with the Chevrolet Volt. Gross, who has a degree in electrical engineering, was in charge of preparing states across the US to be “plug-in ready” for the Volt by [...]
London, Dec 15 (IANS) In the mating game, no matter how many times they’re rebuffed, overconfident men never give up and can ultimately be successful, say researchers. The more such a man believes a woman fancies him, the more likely he is to keep trying and, therefore, ‘get lucky’ the next time, says the study. It concluded that if a [...]
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Young women who avoid alcohol in high school may go on binge drinking during their college years, exposing themselves to higher risks of sexual assault. ‘This suggests that drinking-prevention efforts should begin before college,’ said Maria Testa, from the University of Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions, who led the study. Of all young women whose biggest [...]
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to check female foeticide, which includes legislative measures, awareness generation as well as programmes for socio-economic empowerment of women. The steps taken by the government to prevent female foeticide under the Pre conception and Pre natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, PC & PNDT Act include the following: Reconstitution of statutory [...]
Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) Pregnant women in Tripura will now get six months paid leave instead of the existing three months, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said Wednesday. ‘To get fit with all physical conditions, including with nutritious strength, maternity leave has been increased from three months to six months for all working pregnant mothers,’ Sarkar told reporters after a cabinet [...]
Dhaka, Nov 16 (IANS) A Bangladeshi girl has created a sensation throughout the country after she dumped her bridegroom right at the wedding when her would-be parents-in-law demanded dowry. Farzana Yasmin said she wants everyone to take lessons from the incident. ‘Dowry has become a cancer of society. I’ve read in newspapers about it and have always wondered why this [...]
In today’s liberalised scenario, women form an indispensable part of the Indian workforce. In such an environment, the quality of women’s employment is very important and depends upon several factors. The foremost being equal access to education and other opportunities for skill development. This requires empowerment of women as well as creation of awareness among them about their legal rights [...]
London, Nov 5 (IANS) Believe it or not — a third of women actually dislike cuddles, shredding the popular stereotype that they are the ones demanding it. It is the men who are really fond of hugging, while one out of three women who can’t stand it force themselves into doing it, to avoid annoying their partner, reveals a new [...]
A new report from the World Bank and IFC released today finds that women still face legal and regulatory hurdles to fully participating in the economy. Women, Business and the Law 2012: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion finds that while36 economies reduced legal differences between men and women, 103 out of 141 economies studied still impose legal differences on the basis [...]
That the World Bank has devoted its 2012 flagship publication to the topic of gender equality is a welcome opportunity for widening the intellectual space. However, it is also a missed opportunity. By failing to engage seriously with the gender biases of macroeconomic policy agendas that define contemporary globalisation, the report is unable to provide a credible and even-handed analysis [...]
Dushanbe, Oct 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A healthy baby boy was born on a Tajik Air flight from Dushanbe to Moscow, company spokeswoman Lola Kendzhaeva said Friday. ‘Shabnam Rakhimova gave birth two hours before landing as the plane was crossing Kazakhstan airspace,’ she added. A nurse, who was on the aircraft, and four flight attendants delivered the newborn. ‘The boy weighed [...]
While many young men may spend a lot of time brooding over what can possibly make women view them as the man worth spending life with, a British study has revealed that six out of 10 women prefer Mr Average to a tall, dark stranger. They crave dependability, domesticity, a little romance, humour, average height, and aren’t after a 6ft [...]
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Women activists from South Asian countries have emphasised upon a greater role for women in peace building measures in conflict-ridden regions. ‘We need to document women’s experiences during conflicts so that the issues can be addressed during reconstruction. We also need to share experiences of local women in building peace to persuade policy makers of [...]
The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad today convened a meeting of Ministers of Health, Health Secretaries and other senior officers from the 18 States where declining child sex ratio has been a matter of concern as apparent from the recent census figures. The 18 states include Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, [...]
London, Sep 29 (IANS) Feminist groups in France have called for a ban on use of the term ‘mademoiselle’, claiming it is ‘sexist’. They demand that women should only be called ‘madame’. The term, which is the equivalent of ‘miss’, should be removed from the French language, the women’s groups has said. They claim the equivalent word for men-’Damoiseau’, meaning [...]
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Whypoll, an NGO on citizen empowerment, Tuesday said it will launch a website where women across the country can report about harassment being faced by them. The ‘Safe in the City’ website will be launched Oct 30 and it will work as a reporting tool for any woman who is harassed anywhere in the country, [...]
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) On the occasion of World Tourism Day, Delhi’s Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Tuesday flagged off the 1st All Female Expedition of Employees of Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corp (DTTDC) which will travel to Indrahar Pass in Himachal Pradesh. Twenty employees are taking part in the expedition. It will return to Delhi Oct 3.
London, Sep 25 (IANS) British women who stay at home to raise their pre-school age kids are finding the work so exhausting that they are paying to keep nannies, says a new study. The study highlighting the pressures of parenting found that two-thirds of mothers who stay at home rely on nurseries and nannies. One in 10 pay up to [...]
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