Following an examination and discussions held in the aftermath of the United States' decision to withdraw from dozens of international organisations, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa'ar, has decided that Jerusalem will immediately sever all contact with several United Nations agencies and international bodies, citing what the government described as persistent bias, politicisation and actions hostile to Israel.
I am inclined to believe that the Venezuela adventure is not an indication of American strength, alas, but rather of American weakness, points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
In its report released on Monday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women said that femicide continues to take the lives of tens of thousands of women and girls worldwide, with no sign of real progress.
India is one of the founding members of the Executive Board of the UN Women, and is presently serving on the UN Women's Executive Board.
Iran was ousted from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday evening in the wake of the Mahsa Amini protest.
India on Tuesday contributed one million dollars to the core voluntary budget of the United Nations Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for the financial year 2012- 2013.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
The investigation identified at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appear to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated.
'He was an extremely naughty child, always in trouble and creating trouble.' 'He wanted to fly a kite at night, and sometimes, bunk school.' 'When I insisted on sending him, we could get a call from school that he had fainted.'
In the historic ruling on Friday, the US Supreme Court decided by six votes to three to overturn the 50-year-old Roe v Wade judgement that guaranteed access to abortion across the country.
Voicing his deep concern, the UN chief said that the "hospitals in the south of Gaza are already at capacity and will not be able to accept thousands of new patients from the north."
Dhanush and Aishwaryaa have decided to part ways after being married for 18 years.
A 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Kamboj was previously Ambassador of India to Bhutan and was in June appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, succeeding Ambassador T S Tirumurti.
Located nearly 300 km from Gujarat capital Gandhinagar, Bhimasar set up a community radio station of its own in 2012 with support of UNESCO and UN Women, a body that advocates gender equality and work towards empowering women.
India has declined assistance offered by the United Nations of its integrated supply chain for COVID19-related material, saying the country has a "robust system" to deal with the required logistics, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.
Emma Watson has joined a long list of celebrities who are using their fame and stardom to promote social causes as a United Nations' ambassador. Rediff.com presents a few of the celebs who have lent themselves to a good cause.
The actress spoke about the representation of women in media and gender equality.
Pakistani designer Ali Xeeshan made a girl in school uniform walk the ramp for his bridal show to protest against child marriage.
Addressing the annual session of UN Women's executive board on Tuesday, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said work on gender equality and empowerment of women continues to remain 'chronically underfunded'.
On International Women's Day, hundreds of women took to streets while raising slogans of "kisan ekta" (farmer unity) and some broke into nonchalant rhythmic steps of 'bhangra'.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently announced the appointment of Lakshmi Puri as the Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women.
Kanchhi Maya Tamang, a trafficking survivor, summited Mt Everest with the message on Sunday, becoming the first to climb the world's highest peak for women empowerment and gender equality, according to UN Women Nepal.
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The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The 54-member ECOSOC, holding the first plenary meeting of its 2021 session in the General Assembly Hall on Monday, held elections for two seats in the Asia-Pacific States category with Afghanistan, India and China in the fray.
On September 20, actress and UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson launched HeForShe, a campaign to fight gender inequality around the world. In an amazing speech that made major waves across the Internet, she asked men everywhere to join the feminist cause, too-and many have answered.
He was attending a panel discussion on how to end violence against women.
A new ad campaign from UN Women, an organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has highlighted how bigoted and outdated views about women still are even in the domain of cyberspace.
"Confinement is fostering the tension and strain created by security, health, and money worries. And it is increasing isolation for women with violent partners, separating them from the people and resources that can best help them. It's a perfect storm for controlling, violent behaviour behind closed doors," UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said in a statement calling the violence against women and girls 'a shadow pandemic'.
The actress looks stunning but we've seen her better before.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The awards were given by the UN's body on women for their work on principles of women's empowerment and helping champion gender equality.
It is given to those women who do pioneering work in the social arena and are involved in promoting peace and gender equality, the fight against poverty, and the promotion of education, art and culture.
A trailblazer in Indian tennis, Sania Mirza revealed that as a child, she was once asked to stop playing as "no one would marry" her if her complexion turned "dark" due to the rigours of an outdoor sport.
Vision is to create 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020.
Aishwaryaa R Dhanush, Rajinikanth's daughter, tells Rediff.com what it is like to have a legendary superstar for a father.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes fashion choices have come a long way from her debut in 2002.
This is the story of Kirthi Jayakumar.
She might be one of the most sought-after sportspersons in India but tennis ace Sania Mirza says "it's difficult to be a Sania Mirza in this country" due to the prevailing "gender inequality" and called for an urgent need to bring about a cultural change.
The United Nations has condemned the brutal gang rape and murder of two teenaged girls last week in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, calling for immediate action against the perpetrators and to address violence against women and girls across India.
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