Gender equality was a key aspiration of the popular movements that led to the toppling of Indonesia’s authoritarian New Order regime 24 years ago. The catchcry of that euphoric moment — pemberdayaan, or empowerment — encompassed women’s rights. The years following the fall of Suharto, known as reformasi, have brought gains for women. But progress has been …
KARACHI, Jan 10 (APP): First Lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi Tuesday stressed the need of promoting the inclusiveness of differently-abled persons in all spheres of society and collective efforts were required to empower them socially and financially. The inclusiveness of persons with disabilities (PWDs) was vital for the country’s sustainable development of the country, she …
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Will WIPL deliver audiences? Will it boost sponsorship of women’s cricket? Madison’s Vinay Hegde, Equitas Bank’s Vignesh Murali, Starcom’s Vaibhav Ratnaparkhe and PGI’s Sujala Martis welcome the tournament and weigh in. The inaugural season of Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) is to be hosted from 3 to 26 March 2023. A media tender was floated …
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Hassan Imam plans to bring about a change through public awareness A Bihar native is running his wheelchair journey from Kanyakumari to Siachen in Ladakh to implement accessibility for the differently-abled in public places in the country. Hassan Imam, a 25-year-old man in a wheelchair, has named his journey the ‘Accessible World Campaign’. Hassan plans …
K Thenmozhi Selvi made history last year when she became the first woman ISRO engineer to speak from the podium at India’s space port – the Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota – after India successfully launched the EOS 6 satellite or the OceanSat. Daughter of a telephone lineman from a town famous for Diwali rockets …
