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INDIA-CHILD Missing kids: On Mother's Day, they urge govt to act
On the occasion of Mother's Day on Sunday, several women who have lost their children staged a demonstration and requested the state government and police to find and... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Indian Express
Children   Kids   Mother   Photos   Wikipedia: India
Indian young women - society NCP to launch political wing for young women
Mumbai: In a bid to provide political platform to the women between 18-35 years of age, the Nationalist Congress Party would launch the Rashtravadi Yuvati Congress (RYC)... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Zeenews
Mumbai   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nationalist Congress Party   Women
Career Women Women choose career over family
Motherhood, among young urban working women, seems to have lost its charm. In a country where social norms dictate that women prioritise family over everything else, a... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) DNA India
Family   Motherhood   Photos   Wikipedia: Career   Women
Employees work at a call centre, the first of its kind in the region run by Essar Group's business processing arm AEGIS, in Rangreth, on the outskirts of Srinagar, August 26, 2011. Call centres effecting Muslim girls’ character, creating problems of alliance
Hyderabad, May 11: A number of girls today are working in call centres, where they mingle with non-mahrams, which has become a common thing. It is not thought to be... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
Girls   Hyderabad   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: Call centre
Woman Majority of women suffering from anemia
Hyderabad, May 07: Niloufer Hospital Assistant Professor Dr V. Janaki has appealed to the State government and NGOs to create awareness on Anemia among the women in the... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Siasat Daily
Hospital   Iron   Photos   Wikipedia: Anemia   Women
Govts urged to protect women workers Govts urged to protect women workers
Activists from South and Southeast Asia and international agencies have raised deep concerns over rampant violence against women migrant workers in Malaysia and the Gulf... (photo: UN / Pierre Albouy) Jakarta Post
Activists   Asia   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Malaysia   Women
Kirti Nagar shantytown, Delhi, India, September 2007 092007 Adolescent report card: 47% Indian girls unhealthy
India's demographic dividend might get negated with about half of adolescent girls reported unhealthy. According to the UNICEF Global Report card on Adolescents 2012 47%... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) DNA India
Girls   Health   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Adolescence
Many Asian Women Now Manage Family Finances Many Asian Women Now Manage Family Finances
Ismail Giu no longer pockets the money he earns as the man in charge of protocol for the government of Gorontalo in Indonesia. It all goes straight into his wife’s bank... (photo: European Community / EC) Jakarta Globe
Asia   Family   Money   Photos   Wikipedia: Women's rights   Women
INDIA-DIAREA-PATIENTS-BURDWAN-MEDICAL-COLLEGE-HOSPITALIndia Diarea Patients at  Burdwan Medical College & Hospital in Eastern India ------ WN/BHASKAR MALLICK Women in India do not receive same treatment as men for heart disease
Washington, April 21 (ANI): A new study in India has revealed that women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) receive inferior or less aggressive treatment compared to men.... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) Newstrack India
Disease   India   Photos   Women
Mother - Woman - Children - Kids Women place welfare of family before careers
BEIJING: An increasing number of urban women are choosing to be homemakers rather than pursue careers. About 40.09% said they wanted to be housewives, while 37.8%... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Star
Homemakers   Photos   Urban   Wikipedia: Career   Women
Bihar state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, center, displays the victory sign during a press conference after his National Democratic Alliance won the state elections, in Patna, India, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Kumar, the top elected official of one of India's poorest states, has won a landslide re-election victory after a campaign that emphasized his efforts to bring development to Bihar and broke away from traditional caste-based politics. New literacy scheme for Mahadalit women soon
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a new scheme for the educational empowerment of women of the most downtrodden sections of the society.... (photo: AP / Aftab Alam Siddiqui) The Times of India
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Women in the traffic of Pune - India Rs3.5 crore provision for women-friendly initiatives in Pune
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has kept its promise of gender budget in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). As a move towards making the city 'women friendly', a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) DNA India
Election   Photos   Pune   Wikipedia: Pune   Women
A child with his mother and father-parents-parenting-India. Make mothers first guardians: Panel
Tweet NEW DELHI: In a move to empower women, a government panel wants that a mother should be listed as the first guardian for all official purposes instead of a father,... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
Government   Parenting   Photos   Wikipedia: Mother   Women
A Muslim woman wearing the hijab Now, a better life for married Muslim women?
Muslim women who have been getting a rough deal due to arbitrary decisions of Ulemas and the unscrupulous behaviour of their husbands now have something to look forward... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) DNA India
Law   Muslim   Photos   Wikipedia: The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986   Women
Jammu and kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Adressing  a public rally at Mir Bazar Antanang 55 kms from Srinagar on 21, November 2011. Discrimination against girl child sign of sick mindset: Omar Abdullah
Underscoring the need for active involvement of civil society in stopping the evil of female foeticide in the state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) DNA India
India   Photos   Politics   Society   Wikipedia: Omar Abdullah
Tourists enjoy rafting in in Sonmarg on May 28 ,2011. The Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department, collaborating with Indian Tourism, have drawn plans to promote adventure tourism in the state which has seen a low inflow of steady visitors due a two decade-long insurgency. White water rafting catching fancy of women
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet SHIMLA: The adventurous sport of white water rafting is catching fancy of women in the last few years. This was clear as girls from Himachal team... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Times of India
Photos   Sport   Water   Wikipedia: Rafting   Women
A crowd sings the Tibetan national anthem at the TWA's 9th General Body Meeting - 11.04.09, Dharamshala, India Tibetan Women Group Organizes A Crucial Panel Discussion On Tibet
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. New Delhi: - In the wake of heightening Tibetan resistance and desperation, an intensifying Chinese military... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) WorldNews.com
Asia   China   Photos   Tibet   Women
Elder woman-senior citizen-people-India. 51% of elderly population will be women by 2016: Union health ministry
Tweet NEW DELHI: Now, a majority of India's elderly are women. The Registrar General of India's (RGI) latest data from the Sample Registration System (SRS), 2010, has... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
India   Photos   Population   Wikipedia: Senior citizen   Women
Men and Women gathering-People-India. More earning women in India enrich us all
Tweet With more young people joining India's workforce, the number of women entering the professional arena, approximately 38% of the total, will outstrip men at 33%. And... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
India   Money   Photos   Wikipedia: Woman   Women
Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer leading cancer-killer among Indian women
Mumbai/New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India with mortality being three times higher in rural areas than... (photo: Creative Commons / euthman) Newstrack India
Health   India   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Cervical cancer
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