Campaign launched for awareness to prevent violence against womenOctober 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on Friday launched a campaign to create public awareness for prevention of violence against women. On this occasion, women representing various walks of life formed a human chain at the India Gate lawns.
Haryana village women to get exclusive meeting placeJuly 30th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Rural women in Haryana will get "women chaupals" - an exclusive common meeting place for them - in all villages across the state. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Thursday that the women chaupals, each costing Rs.300,000 and having a covered shed, would be constructed in all villages in a phased manner.
Men better than women at hammering nailsJune 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men can hammer a nail with a few, clean sharp strokes and are better at it than women, says a new study. Duncan Irschick and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (U-M) measured hammering performance in men and women.
Self-help groups to arm women against economic slowdown: TirathJune 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India is strengthening its self-help groups to involve women in income generating work to arm them against the impact of economic meltdown, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said. Addressing the plenary session of the third East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting at Seoul Thursday, Tirath said India is committed to uplift women in every sphere of life.
Support to Women Reservation Bill will empower women: Kumari SeljaJune 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism minister Kumari Selja on Monday sought support of all political parties for Women Reservation Bill, saying it would help in empowering the women fraternity across the country. "The Women Reservation Bill must be passed.
Obama says women should have the right to choose whether they want to be equal with menJune 4th, 2009 Obama: equality should be a woman's choiceCAIRO — President Barack Obama says women should have the right to choose whether they want to be equal with men. He discussed women's rights in a speech about America's relationship with the Muslim world.
Future of women in Air Force is 'extremely bright': IAF chiefMay 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major on Wednesday said that permanent commission to women could be granted in other branches of the Indian Air Force, and their future in the armed forces is extremely bright. At present women are allowed to serve in ground branches, flying and engineering wing.
15th Lok Sabha has highest number of women MPsMay 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A record 59 women MPs have been elected to the new Lok Sabha - the highest since independence, and 17 of them are less than 40 years. According to PRS Legislative Research, an organisation that aims to strengthen legislative debate, among the 59 women MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha, a majority - 23 - are from the Congress.
59 women MPs in new parliamentMay 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday. In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections.
Half of Delhi's women voters turned out for pollsMay 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An elated Election Commission Saturday said that over 50 percent of women voters in the capital came out to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha polls, showing much more enthusiasm than in the last general elections. 'We were flooded with calls from women voters enquiring about the poll process and clearing doubts over their identity proof,' Uday Baxi, joint chief electoral officer, told IANS.
Women MPs number yet to touch 50 in Lok SabhaMarch 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - So much for woman power. The number of women MPs in India's 545-member Lok Sabha has never touched 50, the Election Commission said Friday.
Channel of women, by women, for everyoneMarch 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It is a 24-hour news and infotainment channel of the women, by the women, for everyone. This International Women's Day March 8 a new channel, manned mostly by women, with women-centric programming, will be launched.
India's indigenous warships may have women officers onboardFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Envisaging a 20 percent women crew on the future Indian Navy warships, the first indigenous aircraft carrier is designed to have berthing facilities for women officers. Currently women are not allowed onboard Indian warships.
Ensure safety of women in Karnataka: CPI-M to centreFebruary 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Condemning the attack on a Kerala legislator's daughter in Mangalore, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday said the central government should ensure that women and minorities are protected in Karnataka. 'The CPI-M strongly condemns the violence against the school going daughter of a Kerala legislator in Mangalore.
NCW member gets notice over Mangalore pub probeFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ministry of women and child development, headed by Renuka Chowdhury, Thursday evening issued a show-cause notice to National Commission for Women (NCW) member Nirmala Venkatesh, who probed the pub attack on women in Mangalore, for her 'unbecoming' action and 'dereliction of duty'. 'Your acts are unbecoming of a member of the National Commission for Women.
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