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India's Rural Areas Drive Rise In Female Labour Force Participation: Study
Over the past five years, India has seen a significant rise in women's participation in the labour force, with rural areas leading the way, new research has revealed.
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"Will Work Openly Like Any Man": How Pak Women Are Facing Economic Crisis
According to the United Nations, just 21 percent of women participate in Pakistan's work force, most of them in the informal sector and almost half in rural areas working in the fields.
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Class 12 Student Educates Rural Women To Become Financial Literate
According to a study by SEBI, 27 per cent of India's population is financially literate.
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Japan Is Offering Single Women Financial Support To Relocate From Tokyo For Marriage
The new initiative will expand an existing subsidy program, providing up to $7,000 to women who relocate from Tokyo's 23 wards to rural areas.
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Serial Killer In UP? 9 Women Murdered In 13 Months, Strangled With Sarees
The spectre of a serial killer is looming large over a rural part of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly after nine women from the same age group have been found murdered in nearly the same fashion in a span of about 13 months.
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Progress In Women's Leadership In India's Panchayati Raj System Discussed In UN
India's Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, shed light on the remarkable progress made in women's leadership within India's Panchayati Raj system, saying, "India prides itself on a unique system of rural governance known as the Panchayati Raj
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HD Kumaraswamy's "Mother In Villages Have Lost Their Way" Remark Sparks Row
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy's comment that women in rural areas have "lost their way" because of the five guarantee schemes introduced by the Congress government in Karnataka, has elicited sharp reactions from the ruling party.
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International Women's Day 2024: What Every Woman Should Know About Pap Smears
International Women's Day 2024: Early detection and treatments significantly increase the chances of successful outcomes in managing cervical abnormalities.
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Meet Drone Didis: Women In Rural India Learning To Fly High
Women in rural India are learning to fly high, using state-of-the-art technology. That is what the socially transformative Namo Drone Didi program is all about.
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Women And Rural Poor Hit Hardest By Climate Change: UN
Heatwaves and floods inflict greater economic pain on rural women than men because climate change intensifies existing inequalities, the United Nations' food and farming agency said on Tuesday.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Big "Lakhpati Didi" Announcement In Interim Budget
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today enhanced the target of 'Lakhpati Didi' scheme from two crore to three crore, a step aimed at empowering women in the rural areas.
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Video: Assam Women Leave Queue To Collect Forms To Greet Rahul Gandhi
Hundreds of rural women who gathered to collect forms for a newly announced government scheme in Jorhat district of Assam left their queues to greet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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UGC Introduces 'Sakhi Niwas' For Allotting Accommodation To Female Students
One of the key factors prompting women and girls from rural areas to relocate to Tier-I and metro cities is availability of better educational and employment opportunities there.
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No BJP Vote, No Water? Minister Denies Shocking Claim From Madhya Pradesh
Reports have emerged from Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar - that rural women are being denied water from government-built bore-wells unless they swear they voted for the ruling BJP in last week's election.
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Google, Microsoft Bet On This 27-Year-Old To Make AI Work In India
Karya differentiates itself from other data vendors by offering its contractors - mostly women, and mostly in rural communities - as much as 20 times the prevailing minimum wage.
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India's Rural Areas Drive Rise In Female Labour Force Participation: Study
Over the past five years, India has seen a significant rise in women's participation in the labour force, with rural areas leading the way, new research has revealed.
-
"Will Work Openly Like Any Man": How Pak Women Are Facing Economic Crisis
According to the United Nations, just 21 percent of women participate in Pakistan's work force, most of them in the informal sector and almost half in rural areas working in the fields.
-
Class 12 Student Educates Rural Women To Become Financial Literate
According to a study by SEBI, 27 per cent of India's population is financially literate.
-
Japan Is Offering Single Women Financial Support To Relocate From Tokyo For Marriage
The new initiative will expand an existing subsidy program, providing up to $7,000 to women who relocate from Tokyo's 23 wards to rural areas.
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Serial Killer In UP? 9 Women Murdered In 13 Months, Strangled With Sarees
The spectre of a serial killer is looming large over a rural part of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly after nine women from the same age group have been found murdered in nearly the same fashion in a span of about 13 months.
-
Progress In Women's Leadership In India's Panchayati Raj System Discussed In UN
India's Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, shed light on the remarkable progress made in women's leadership within India's Panchayati Raj system, saying, "India prides itself on a unique system of rural governance known as the Panchayati Raj
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HD Kumaraswamy's "Mother In Villages Have Lost Their Way" Remark Sparks Row
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy's comment that women in rural areas have "lost their way" because of the five guarantee schemes introduced by the Congress government in Karnataka, has elicited sharp reactions from the ruling party.
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International Women's Day 2024: What Every Woman Should Know About Pap Smears
International Women's Day 2024: Early detection and treatments significantly increase the chances of successful outcomes in managing cervical abnormalities.
-
Meet Drone Didis: Women In Rural India Learning To Fly High
Women in rural India are learning to fly high, using state-of-the-art technology. That is what the socially transformative Namo Drone Didi program is all about.
-
Women And Rural Poor Hit Hardest By Climate Change: UN
Heatwaves and floods inflict greater economic pain on rural women than men because climate change intensifies existing inequalities, the United Nations' food and farming agency said on Tuesday.
-
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Big "Lakhpati Didi" Announcement In Interim Budget
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today enhanced the target of 'Lakhpati Didi' scheme from two crore to three crore, a step aimed at empowering women in the rural areas.
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Video: Assam Women Leave Queue To Collect Forms To Greet Rahul Gandhi
Hundreds of rural women who gathered to collect forms for a newly announced government scheme in Jorhat district of Assam left their queues to greet Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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UGC Introduces 'Sakhi Niwas' For Allotting Accommodation To Female Students
One of the key factors prompting women and girls from rural areas to relocate to Tier-I and metro cities is availability of better educational and employment opportunities there.
-
No BJP Vote, No Water? Minister Denies Shocking Claim From Madhya Pradesh
Reports have emerged from Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar - that rural women are being denied water from government-built bore-wells unless they swear they voted for the ruling BJP in last week's election.
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Google, Microsoft Bet On This 27-Year-Old To Make AI Work In India
Karya differentiates itself from other data vendors by offering its contractors - mostly women, and mostly in rural communities - as much as 20 times the prevailing minimum wage.
