Women Empowerment

Priyanka Chopra: An honour to speak for girls empowerment at UN

The National Award winning actress Priyanka Chopra called it an honour to speak for the importance of girl empowerment at the UN Global Goals Awards.

Rishi Kapoor: I have always been part of woman-oriented films

"Since the olden time when ever there were films made on the idea of women empowerment, I was part of those films, like Prem Rog and Damini", says Rishi Kapoor.

Shrujan: How a mission started by one woman is now empowering 3,500 women in Kutch

Shrujan has changed the lives of hundreds of women of Kutch’s remote areas and has made their work famous throughout the world.

'Silent majority needs to take centre stage for democracy'- Shabana Azmi

Lack of economic opportunities, violence obstacles in women’s empowerment: Study

Despite material progress in Asia, gender-based violence against women is highly prevalent in the continent, a research by International Development Research Center’s (IDRC’s) partners showed.

India's income will go up by 27pc with women participation: IMF

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said that India's national income will increase by 27 per cent if the participation of women in the workforce matches the level of men.

'Ki & Ka’ not a documentary on women empowerment: Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor Khan may be playing an independent career-oriented woman in her upcoming film “Ki & Ka,” but the actress says the movie is not about women empowerment.

Has India achieved the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set by UN in 2000?

There was considerable excitement last week when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the new set of 17 goals for sustainable development. These goals replace the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) adopted by the UN in 2000.These MDGs are to

Ashley Tisdale's website for women empowerment

Los Angeles: Actress Ashley Tisdale, who has launched a lifestyle website TheHauteMess.com, will celebrate imperfections and has been created to "empower women"."We built thehautemess.com to empower women. This is a place where we get to

BJP leader Ruby Yadav calls for better awareness of rights among women

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ruby Yadav called for better awareness among women about their rights to end female foeticide in the country.Speaking at an event organised by non-profit organisation ‘Sanwari Women' here,

Women deserve more respect, says Uma Bharti

New Delhi:  Union Minister Uma Bharti said that women in India are already empowered and they deserve reject to make them realize their strength.Speaking at am event organized by an event of non-profit organization, ‘Sanwari

#SelfieWithDaughter: Can India Save 23 Million Girls?

India's child sex-ratio (below six years) is now the worst in 70 years, possibly the worst ever. The latest decline was from 927 (girls per 1,000 boys) in 2001 to 918 in 2011.The child sex-ratio,

Aditya Birla's CSR empowering women of Sambalpur

Bhubaneswar: Aditya Aluminium Company, a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has launched in Odisha's Sambalpur district a CSR initiative under which it is promoting self-help groups (SHGs) and helping rural women start ventures like phenyl

Women can now 'pee' like men, here's how!

Women can now 'pee' like men with no worries for dirty toilets, UTI!At present, where half of the Indians are screaming about women empowerment, PeeBuddy has come up with an idea that totally signifies this

This girl got raped by her family 'every day'! And her story is not any different from us!

Rape – the word is often used to define the forced sexual intercourse suffered by a person, be it male or female.As far as females are concerned , rape is not confined to sexual assault

Amul's #MyChoice poster is a must watch for Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone, who became butt of all jokes after featuring in Vogue's #MyChoice Video, has more whacking coming her way. Amul, the leading dairy brand, has released a satirical ‘My Choice' poster with an awesome one-liner,

Empowerment is about evolving, not being a sexist: Kangana

Mumbai: Actress Kangana Ranaut says the video "My Choice" must be appreciated for the effort towards promotion of women empowerment, but she is of the view that empowerment cannot happen by becoming sexists."Women empowerment does

Deepika's video labels women as commodities: Murli Manohar Joshi

Kolkata: Slamming Deepika Padukone's video on women empowerment, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday said, "We don't realise how much we have changed. It has been an Indian tradition of addressing woman as 'mother',

Meet Lady Bhagat Singh in this short film 'Goonj'

We often see young boys imitating Shaheed Bhagat Singh by wearing yellow turbans and growing moustache like him. But it's hard to imagine a girl hauling Bhagat's thought and acting the way he used to.YouTube