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India paves way for more women in armed forces

BBC India's top court has cleared the way for more women to join the armed forces. On Wednesday, the government told the Supreme Court that women can join military colleges ...
Why So Few Women Occupy the Most Lucrative Jobs

A large factor in the persistent gender pay gap is the fact that men and women tend to work in different occupations and sectors, with men in consistently higher-paying positions and industries. Major banks, for example — which offer some of..
Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women’s protest

Taliban special forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air Saturday, bringing an abrupt and frightening end to the latest protest march in the capital by Afghan women demanding equal rights from the new rulers. Also on Saturday, the chi..
No future for women like me, says exiled Afghan soccer player

REUTERS As a former player in the Afghanistan women's national soccer team, Fanoos Basir saw no future for herself under Taliban rule. She fled, and is now in a reception centre for refugees in France, mourning the life she left behind. ..
QC Equips and Operates Women and Children Hospital in Syria's Afrin

Qatar Charity has equipped and operated Al-Mahaba Hospital for Women and Children in the city of Afrin in northern Syria, which provides services to thousands of families in the city and neighboring areas and villages, with funding from Qatar Fund fo..
294 Candidates for the Shura Council Elections, Including 29 Women

Doha, August 31 (QNA) - The Supervisory Committee of the Shura Council elections announced the preliminary lists of candidates for the first session of the Shura Council elections, scheduled for Oct. 2. The preliminary list of candidates, which is..
Qatar Women's Sport Committee Signs Partnership Agreement with You Are Important Initiative

QNA Qatar Women's Sport Committee (QWSC) signed a strategic partnership agreement with the "You Are Important" initiative which is implemented by the Stadium Security Section at the Authorities and Missions Security Department of the..
China wants families to have three children. But many women aren't convinced

Faced with a worrying demographic crisis of its own making, China is encouraging couples to have more children. There's just one problem: women aren't too keen on the idea. For more than 35 years, the ruling Communist Party strictly enf..
Afghan women students see no future in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

REUTERS A group of Afghan women too young to recall the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule are experiencing the same trauma once recounted by relatives after the group retook control of Afghanistan, leading thousands to flee the country. "We are..

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