Women’s News
January 24, 2020
In the recent series of events of protests that have stirred up the whole India, one of the many things seen common is women and young students being the major symbol of protests. Since December, Indian university students and women have led massive protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) announced by Modi government for being biased towards Muslim communities. Hundreds and thousands of citizens have taken up street for peaceful protests, which have been responded with violence and force […]
January 9, 2020
Finland has risen the bar for establishing gender equality and smashing gender stereotype to a whole new level by electing the country’s and the world’s youngest female Prime Minister in December 2019. Prime Minister Sanna Marin is a Finnish politician, a social democrat who has been a member of Parliament of Finland since 2015 and had served as Minister of Transport and Communications from June to December 2019. Following the retirement of her predecessor Antti Rinne, Marin at the age […]
November 24, 2019
Middle East continues to up rise as the Lebanese and Iraqis protest against their own government for nearly a month now. Starting from October this year, citizens from both countries have taken on streets with massive protests against their respective government for being incompetent and failing to meet its citizens’ basic needs. Lebanon uprising: Ignited as a result of sheer corruption, incompetence and social injustice, the Lebanese have taken their protest against the sectarian political system to a new height […]
October 26, 2019
NASA hit a milestone on Friday, October 10, 2019 as two female astronauts embarked on a first all-female spacewalk. Tasked with replacing a failed power control unit, the two female astronauts, Ms. Christina Koch and Dr. Jessica Meir, floated feet-first out of the International Space Station’s Quest airlock without male counterparts for the first time. It was a seven hours and 17 minutes’ walk in space which included a brief call with President Trump. Initially scheduled to be seven months […]
August 20, 2019
Sixty years ahead of independence from France and Post – 2011 revolution, Tunisia has been a promising figure towards securing gender equality in the Middle East region. Since 1956, Tunisian women were able to enjoy some of the progressive freedom instituted by Habib Bourguiba- the first elected president- such as access to higher education, the right to file for divorce, and certain job opportunities. The Personal Status Code which came into effect from 1956 is considered one of the most […]
August 10, 2019
Climate change facts ● An estimated 4 million people die prematurely each year from household air pollution ● 18.8 million people were displaced because of climate related disasters in 2017 ● 2.9 billion people in the developing world still use polluting fuels like wood, coal, and charcoal ● Only 35% of environmental sector ministries have a gender focal point Impacts of climate change have been increasingly detrimental each year in every part of the world. As the last five years […]