Women

Bashir Ahmad Rustamzai, Afghanistan's New Sports Chief said, "Taliban will allow 400 sports, including swimming, soccer, running, and horse-riding," but declined to confirm if women will be allowed to participate in any. Reportedly, the Taliban leadership doesn't consider women's participation in sports as 'necessary'. Taliban-ruled-Afghan has stringent rules for women ranging from gender-separated classes, always be covered in a veil & … read-more

Despite the Taliban's assurance of respect towards women, crimes against Afghanistan women are on the rise. Reportedly, Najla Ayoubi, a former judge from Afghanistan stated that while speaking to several Afghan women, she noticed, “bad behaviour and violence against women.” One of the instances is, a woman was set on fire for cooking badly for the Taliban. Even women are being shipped to the neighbouring countries to work as sex slaves.

PM Narendra Modi will announce the first reshuffled cabinet of his second term, at 6 pm on July 7. According to government sources, it will be the youngest cabinet in Indian history with more women ministers. The special representation will be given to the ones who have administrative experience along with higher average education. "Two dozen OBCs will be represented. The plan is to involve smaller communities," officials said.

IT giant 'Cognizant' launched a returnship programme on March 30 for those individuals whose career has been put to a halt due to personal or family reasons. Reportedly, the programme provides a holistic environment to the individuals while offering access to mentors. Besides, the above-mentioned mechanism will churn out the best individuals for filling full-time positions. Notably, the company has vowed to bring 1000 women in mid-management… read-more

The 'TIME' magazine, for its March edition, has featured women leaders of the farmer protests in its cover story. Its cover displays a group of women protestors at Tikri border, and reads 'On the Frontlines of India's Farmer Protest'. Its article titled ‘I Cannot Be Intimidated. I Cannot Be Bought’ underlines their intent of being equally important as men in the protest. "This is not just the men's protest," said the article quoting a… read-more