India's first woman president was sworn into office Wednesday and promised to fight for the rights of women and an end to the widespread practice of aborting female fetuses.
In its 60th year as an independent nation, India has just elected its first woman president. Yet the ascent of the demure Pratibha Patil - with her covered head and long career in “women’s issues” - may not necessarily be a victory for Indian women.
Cable television may promote gender equality and reduce domestic violence in rural India, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper.
Sonia Gandhi, chair of India's governing party, addressed nearly 5,000 women at a Women's Empowerment Conference in Kashmir on Monday.
The villagers of Murmadi, tehsil Lakhni, have unanimously decided to have an all-women 13-member gram panchayat. Even the sarpanch and deputy sarpanch will be elected by consensus of the newly-elected members.
Having suffered hugely from years of relentless violence, women in Jammu and Kashmir are fast taking to politics to fight for their rights.
At its first annual convention, the Indian Muslim Women's Movement or the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) reinforced its campaign for the social, economic, political, civil, legal and religious rights of Muslims in India.
Indicating a change in its stand on reservation for women in Assemblies and Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said it was ready to back the Election Commission’s proposal of 33 per cent reservation for women in allotment of party ticket.