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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
TopicWomen's Day

Topic: Women's Day

Wikipedia needs more women. And India can help bridge this gender gap

Last year, about 100 women contributors in the Wikimedia movement and thought leaders from 30 countries came together in India as part of a global conference, 'WikiWomen Camp 2023'.

SubscriberWrites: Women’s Day cannot be the only time to discuss specific issues, nurture sisterhood

Women should be unhyphenated and come together as women first. Our rights are irrespective of any qualifying adjectives and we should never forget that writes, Chaitra Sagar

From shopping to businesses, survey sees five-fold jump in Indian women using smartphones

In the last 10 years, women users leapt from 40 million to 200 million households; survey says change in next decade will be faster.

Yes, we still need a Women’s Day. But it’s not about flowers, cards or discounts

Surrounded by consumerism, Women's Day is a celebration of the 'invisible sex' and of all the invisible ways it suffers.

Jal Jeevan Mission empowers India’s rural women, increases their participation: MoS Kataria

On this International Women’s Day, let us celebrate the women in India's villages who have endured immense social and physical hardships just to secure drinking water for their families.

Hijab-clad girl in viral photo with Maharashtra Police is not breaking any dress code

Buldhana district administration had implemented an initiative in March to give young girls in government schools the chance to play Collector and Superintendent of Police for a day.

Meet the seven achievers who took over PM Modi’s Twitter handle on Women’s Day

Four activists, a bomb blast survivor, an architect who conserves lakes and an organic farmer were among the women highlighted Sunday.

A global demand for one’s place under the sun, Women’s Day is a fight not a celebration

From the women’s wall outside Sabarimala to the 'Dignity March' that cut across 24 states, a look at the women-led resistance campaigns of the past year.

I talked to and met Indian women in science for years. And this is what they told me

More than introducing token awards to mark Women’s Day, sensitising accomplished men in science against everyday sexism may help bridge the gender gap.

Free sanitary napkins to be available on all Aqua line metro stations from 8 March

The Noida Metro Rail Corporation is also planning to dub Noida Sector 76 & Pari Chowk metro stations as pink stations, aiming to run them by an all-women workforce.

On Camera

Iran’s response to Israel’s attack is a turning point in history. Will Netanyahu fold?

Benjamin Netanyahu will likely take even more erratic actions against Iran, especially now that he is more isolated than before and finds himself on the losing side of everything.

Pilots, engineers, maintenance crew — skilled worker shortages add to crisis in aviation sector

India’s aviation space is grappling with more than just a pilot deficit problem as industry experts highlight the need for the government and the aviation regulator to step in.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.