Women Empowerment

India has 8,000 startups led by women with $23 bn in funding: Report

India is now home to more than 8,000 startups that have women founders with a cumulative funding of nearly $23…

8 months ago

Empowering women is priority of Union govt: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that empowering women and making them economically and socially strong was the top priority of…

8 months ago

India sets up global alliance to push women empowerment, gender equality

In a major breakthrough, India has successfully set up a "Global Alliance for Global Good- Gender Equity and Equality" to…

10 months ago

Success of Chandrayaan-3 mission is a live example of woman power, says PM Modi

Praising the key role that over 100 women scientists played in the success of Chandrayaan-3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…

1 year ago

Women in rural India are breaking stereotypes as their incomes rise

Women in rural India are breaking stereotypes as more and more of them are taking on the sceptre as key…

1 year ago

Musical performance on Meera Bai highlights women’s empowerment

The Delhi audience was treated to an enthralling performance of song and dance on 26th July which brought to the…

1 year ago

Is Nirmala becoming the flag-bearer of Modi’s global brand of women empowerment?

India as the chair of the G20 nations is determined to make a difference in the field of gender equality…

2 years ago

How Team Modi’s self-help groups quietly empowered rural women

The Narendra Modi government is set to thrash out more measures to boost the self help groups empowering lakhs of…

2 years ago

Israeli embassy launches women empowerment and menstrual hygiene awareness project

In an effort to spread awareness about menstrual health and hygiene, the Embassy of Israel in India, in collaboration with…

2 years ago

PM Modi lauds women for leading India’s white revolution

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that women comprising 70 per cent of the workforce in India’s robust dairy…

2 years ago

Women benefit most from PM Modi’s grand financial inclusion scheme

More than 60 per cent of the account holders under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana scheme are women. More…

2 years ago

Who Is Lakshita Dagar? 21-Year-Old Youngest Sarpanch Of Madhya Pradesh | MP Panchayat Elections

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2 years ago

1,020 Females Per 1,000 Males In India | First Time Women Outnumber Men | India’s Sex Ratio

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2 years ago

From Darbhanga to the rest of the world –the riveting story of JhaJi Store

<p> <strong>The story of Kalapa Jha, who led a simple life with her family in Darbhanga in Bihar is nothing…

3 years ago

Women must be legally allowed to marry not before the age of 21–SBI study

<p> <strong>About 37 per cent of women in India continue to get married before the age of 21 years, a…

3 years ago

Defying four surgeries, raising two kids, Bushra scripts UPSC success

<p> <strong>By Anas Mohammed, </strong></p> <p> It’s very rare in the history of Indian civil services that women candidates face interviews…

3 years ago

PM Modi transfers Rs 1,000 crore to boost grassroot business units run by women

<p> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday transferred Rs 1,000 crore to the bank accounts of women’s self-help groups in…

3 years ago

Bangladeshi women –the driving force behind Dhaka’s economic turnaround

<p> <strong>As Bangladesh celebrates its 50th birthday on December 16, one of its biggest achievements has been the progress on…

3 years ago

National Commission for Women launches campaign to prepare female entrepreneurs

<p> In an endeavour to empower women and make them independent and employment-ready, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has…

3 years ago

Women can study in universities but not alongside men, says Taliban minister

<p> Universities in Afghanistan will be segregated by gender, and a new Islamic dress code will be introduced, Taliban Higher…

3 years ago