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Deadliest Place For Women Is Home: UN Report
The deadliest place for women is at home because a staggering 140 women and girls are killed every day by an intimate partner or family member.
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Mexico On Course To Elect Its First-Ever Woman President
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.
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UGC Mandates Institutions To Ensure Safety For Women At Campus
HEIs have been asked to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and a Special/ Women's Cell in the institutions under their administrative control to deal with gender-based violence and conduct gender sensitisation programs.
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"No Excuse For Violence": US Condemns Attacks Against Indian Students
Reacting to recent attacks on Indian students in the US, the White House has asserted that there is no excuse for violence based on race, gender or any other factor and called it unacceptable in the US.
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Higher Educational Institutions Asked To Setup Internal Complaint Committee To Control Gender-Based Violence
The move comes as UGC has repeatedly advised higher educational institutions to constitute an Internal complaint committee in the institutions to deal with gender-based violence under their administrative control.
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UN Agency To Establish 'Gender Unit' At Rajasthan Police Academy
United Nations Population Fund will establish a 'Gender Unit' at Rajasthan Police Academy here to strengthen police response to gender-based violence, sources said.
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Indian Activist's Efforts To End Gender Violence Recognised By UN Chief
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday gave a shout out to Indian gender activist and social entrepreneur Elsa Marie D'Silva for her efforts towards combating gender-based violence.
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How A "Men's Club" Is Tackling Gender Violence In Ecuador
Violence against women is rampant in Latin America and the Caribbean, with some 27 percent suffering at the hands of a romantic partner at least once in their lifetime, according to the OECD.
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"Violence Against Women And Girls Is A Global Emergency": UN
International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women: In a big push, this year the UN has given a clarion call for ending gender based violence. The 2020 campaign theme is 'FUND, RESPOND, PREVENT, COLLECT'. Like every year, '16 Days of Activism' against Gender-Based Violence (GVB) campaign starts today and ends on December 10.
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Day For Elimination Of Violence Against Women: Significance And Theme
International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women: In a big push, this year the UN has given a clarion call for ending gender based violence. The 2020 campaign theme is 'FUND, RESPOND, PREVENT, COLLECT'. Like every year, '16 Days of Activism' against Gender-Based Violence (GVB) campaign starts today and ends on December 10.
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Girl, 7, Killed In UP's Kanpur, Liver Extracted For Alleged Occult Ritual
A seven-year-old girl was found dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Sunday with her liver extracted. The police suspect that the accused also tried to rape her.
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Cambridge University Academic Makes History As First Indian-Origin Department Head
Dr Manali Desai, a reader in Comparative and Historical Sociology and fellow of Newnham College whose work focuses on social movements, ethnic and gendered violence and post-colonial studies, took over as Head of the Sociology Department this month.
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90% Of People Are Biased Against Women, Says UN Study
Nearly 90 percent of the world's population -- of every gender -- holds some prejudice against women, according to a UN study published Wednesday, ahead of International Women's Day.
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"Biggest March": Thousands Protest Gender Violence, Femicide In France
Tens of thousands marched in Paris on Saturday calling for an end to gender violence and femicide in a country where at least 116 women have been killed by current or former partners this year.
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Meghan Markle Pays Secret Tribute To Murdered South Africa Student
Meghan Markle has visited the site where a young female student was murdered in South Africa last month in a show of solidarity with victims of gender violence in one of the world's most dangerous countries for women.
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Deadliest Place For Women Is Home: UN Report
The deadliest place for women is at home because a staggering 140 women and girls are killed every day by an intimate partner or family member.
-
Mexico On Course To Elect Its First-Ever Woman President
Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.
-
UGC Mandates Institutions To Ensure Safety For Women At Campus
HEIs have been asked to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and a Special/ Women's Cell in the institutions under their administrative control to deal with gender-based violence and conduct gender sensitisation programs.
-
"No Excuse For Violence": US Condemns Attacks Against Indian Students
Reacting to recent attacks on Indian students in the US, the White House has asserted that there is no excuse for violence based on race, gender or any other factor and called it unacceptable in the US.
-
Higher Educational Institutions Asked To Setup Internal Complaint Committee To Control Gender-Based Violence
The move comes as UGC has repeatedly advised higher educational institutions to constitute an Internal complaint committee in the institutions to deal with gender-based violence under their administrative control.
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UN Agency To Establish 'Gender Unit' At Rajasthan Police Academy
United Nations Population Fund will establish a 'Gender Unit' at Rajasthan Police Academy here to strengthen police response to gender-based violence, sources said.
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Indian Activist's Efforts To End Gender Violence Recognised By UN Chief
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday gave a shout out to Indian gender activist and social entrepreneur Elsa Marie D'Silva for her efforts towards combating gender-based violence.
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How A "Men's Club" Is Tackling Gender Violence In Ecuador
Violence against women is rampant in Latin America and the Caribbean, with some 27 percent suffering at the hands of a romantic partner at least once in their lifetime, according to the OECD.
-
"Violence Against Women And Girls Is A Global Emergency": UN
International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women: In a big push, this year the UN has given a clarion call for ending gender based violence. The 2020 campaign theme is 'FUND, RESPOND, PREVENT, COLLECT'. Like every year, '16 Days of Activism' against Gender-Based Violence (GVB) campaign starts today and ends on December 10.
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Day For Elimination Of Violence Against Women: Significance And Theme
International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women: In a big push, this year the UN has given a clarion call for ending gender based violence. The 2020 campaign theme is 'FUND, RESPOND, PREVENT, COLLECT'. Like every year, '16 Days of Activism' against Gender-Based Violence (GVB) campaign starts today and ends on December 10.
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Girl, 7, Killed In UP's Kanpur, Liver Extracted For Alleged Occult Ritual
A seven-year-old girl was found dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Sunday with her liver extracted. The police suspect that the accused also tried to rape her.
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Cambridge University Academic Makes History As First Indian-Origin Department Head
Dr Manali Desai, a reader in Comparative and Historical Sociology and fellow of Newnham College whose work focuses on social movements, ethnic and gendered violence and post-colonial studies, took over as Head of the Sociology Department this month.
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90% Of People Are Biased Against Women, Says UN Study
Nearly 90 percent of the world's population -- of every gender -- holds some prejudice against women, according to a UN study published Wednesday, ahead of International Women's Day.
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"Biggest March": Thousands Protest Gender Violence, Femicide In France
Tens of thousands marched in Paris on Saturday calling for an end to gender violence and femicide in a country where at least 116 women have been killed by current or former partners this year.
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Meghan Markle Pays Secret Tribute To Murdered South Africa Student
Meghan Markle has visited the site where a young female student was murdered in South Africa last month in a show of solidarity with victims of gender violence in one of the world's most dangerous countries for women.
