Munni Begum / Guwahati
Alamara Barbhuiya of Nagaon is a remarkable example of how simple love of clothes can eventually become a source of livelihood. In 2008, she started a s...
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Bhakti Chalak
Rukhsar Khan, who hails from the small town of Husainabad in Uttar Pradesh and was married off at a young age, is today imparting health and fitness lessons to w...
Bareilly (UP)
Awaz e Khwateen, a New Delhi-based NGO working towards women’s empowerment, organised its Women’s Personality Development and Skill Enhancement Initi...
Sudip Sharma Chowdhury & Ariful Islam/Guwahati
She shapes more than idols from clay; she shapes her dreams too. Under her touch, lifeless materials -- clay, fibreglass and...
Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar
From district administration and tourism to public grievances and policing, women officers are increasingly occupying important positions in Jammu and Ka...
Shagufta Shaikh has overcome formidable challenges to carve out a successful career in public service. Hailing from the small village of Terkheda in Maharashtra&...
Pune
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently took on patriarchy and the mindset that treats women as inferior during an interaction with a gathering of Gen Z women in Pune by in...
Munni Begum/Guwahati
At the height of a successful career as an English teacher, Shamima Rahman had to choose between taking care of her health and pursuing a full-time job.&n...
New Delhi
Shujaat Ali Quadri, Convener of the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO), has condemned the reported remarks of Kanthapuram Aboobacker Musliyar comparing Muslim women to ...
Women across India have reacted sharply to the fiat of the 95-year-old prominent Sunni scholar Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, also regarded as the Grand Muft...
Onika Maheshwari/New Delhi
Chef Sajida Khan of Mumbai has created a platform that enables thousands of people to learn the art and skill of cooking. As a successful woman entr...
Among the many tributes paid to the heroes of the 1999 Kargil War on the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas, one performance has struck an emotional chord across the c...
Onika Maheshwari/ New Delhi
In 2015, Alia Mariam came to know that her one-year-old son Ayaan was born with cerebral palsy, an incurable condition of the brain. Nine ...
A prominent parliamentary committee has resolved to take up for examination key issues related to domestic violence against women, trafficking of women and ...
Dehradun
It’s a historic day for the Indian Army, as nine women are being commissioned as regular officers after completing their 18 month course and participating in th...