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Iran Removed From UN Women's Rights Body Over Anti-Hijab Protest Crackdown
The United Nations on Wednesday voted to remove Iran from a women's rights body over Tehran's brutal crackdown of women-led protests.
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US Wants Iran Ousted From UN Women's Body
The United States will try to remove Iran from the 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women over the government's denial of women's rights.
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India Committed To Advance Gender Equality, Women Empowerment: Union Minister Smriti Irani At UN
Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday reiterated India's commitment towards advancing the goals of gender equality and empowerment of all women to ensure that men and women are accorded equal treatment and enjoy the same opportunities everywhere.
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India Elected To UN Panel On Women, China Fails To Cross Half-Way Mark
India has been elected as a member of the United Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), said TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Monday (local time).
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Female Participation In Urban Workforce In India Lower Than Rural Areas
The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.
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India Is Updating National Policy For Women's Empowerment: Maneka Gandhi
India has enabling conditions for gender equality and is updating the National Policy for Women to establish a solid foundation for accelerating its commitment to women's empowerment, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has said.
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Tepid Reaction as UN Issues New Women's Rights Declaration
World leaders on Monday pledged to ramp up action to achieve gender equality by 2030, but some women's rights activists were impatient with new promises after sluggish progress made in the past 20 years.
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Iran Removed From UN Women's Rights Body Over Anti-Hijab Protest Crackdown
The United Nations on Wednesday voted to remove Iran from a women's rights body over Tehran's brutal crackdown of women-led protests.
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US Wants Iran Ousted From UN Women's Body
The United States will try to remove Iran from the 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women over the government's denial of women's rights.
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India Committed To Advance Gender Equality, Women Empowerment: Union Minister Smriti Irani At UN
Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday reiterated India's commitment towards advancing the goals of gender equality and empowerment of all women to ensure that men and women are accorded equal treatment and enjoy the same opportunities everywhere.
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India Elected To UN Panel On Women, China Fails To Cross Half-Way Mark
India has been elected as a member of the United Nation's Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), said TS Tirumurti, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, on Monday (local time).
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Female Participation In Urban Workforce In India Lower Than Rural Areas
The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.
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India Is Updating National Policy For Women's Empowerment: Maneka Gandhi
India has enabling conditions for gender equality and is updating the National Policy for Women to establish a solid foundation for accelerating its commitment to women's empowerment, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has said.
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Tepid Reaction as UN Issues New Women's Rights Declaration
World leaders on Monday pledged to ramp up action to achieve gender equality by 2030, but some women's rights activists were impatient with new promises after sluggish progress made in the past 20 years.
