A new device called a "Silent Observer" -- hailed as a solution to curbing the practice of aborting female babies in India -- has drawn criticism from activists who say the technology is more a government eyewash than an answer.
As the new year eve approached, my twitter and Facebook were filled with new year messages. Unfortunately, a sizeable number of those in Pakistan had less than fond memories of 2011 and hardly any hopeful predictions for 2012.
Nget Chhon, 71, was surprised, but not afraid, when anti-riot police punched her in the eye and beat her over the head during a protest against forced land evictions.
More than two years after the end of the 30-year war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil rebels, women in the north and east of the country still suffer from sexual violence, poverty and displacement, according to a new report.
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IBNS) ASSOCHAM, Creative Living Foundation of India and Paiman Trust of Pakistan have set up an institutional mechanism called SAARC Women's Initiative for Peace and Prosperity (SWIPP) to form a sustainable coalition of women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan.
The government has not only empowered the womenfolk in the country but also working to provide them space in all walks of life, said, Goodwill Ambassador for Women Empowerment Syeda Fiza Batool Gilani.
A women's rights activist from Jordan, during an İstanbul conference on women's empowerment in the midst of the Arab revolutions, told Today's Zaman on Thursday that such collaboration among women activists is not only beneficial but also crucial for gender equality in the region.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra offered Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi her support in a coming by-election during a historic meeting with the Nobel peace laureate in Burma, government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said Wednesday.
The two women talked for half an hour at theThai embassy in Rangoon on Tuesday, in a "good atmosphere", the spokeswoman said.
Dame Carol Kidu, Papua New Guinea's only female MP, cut a lonely figure in parliament today
A landmark bill aimed at guaranteeing women-only seats in the parliament of Papua New Guinea has failed to get the votes required as the nation's political crisis continues.
