Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, ...

When 41-year-old Nisha Kotwal was a resident trainee doctor in India's Maharashtra state 14 years ago, her parents would call her before every shift to ask if she had reached the hospital safely.

India has introduced several welfare schemes to support girls from birth through education and into adulthood, addressing deep-rooted gender inequalities through focused interventions.

The move as per the Maharashtra education department is to foster 'an environment of equality, mutual understanding and respect' among students that will help them to develop social and communication ...

Unequal power dynamics across society have resounding negative impacts on how women interact with cancer prevention, care and treatment. According to a new Lancet Commission, gender inequality and ...

India's job market is experiencing significant growth, surpassing the working-age population increase for the first time in ...

Women stand in a queue to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 in Khola Bhuyan village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Anupam Nath The concept of Gender ...

In conversations with her peers in her home state of Queensland, Australia, Madeline Price, 25, was struck by something odd: None of her friends or acquaintances believed gender inequality was a ...