Results for “gender equality” (3)

3 years ago

Gender equality still ‘300 years away’: UN Secretary General

Global progress on women’s rights is “vanishing before our eyes”, the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres has warned. Gender equality is growing more distant. On the current track, UN Women puts it 300 years away,” Guterres said in a general assembly speech ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, as he launched two weeks of discussions led by the Commission on the Status of Women. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

3 years ago

US announces millions for gender equality, democracy in Pakistan

Washington: The US Senate has passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package for fiscal 2023 and it includes $200 million for strengthening democracy and promoting gender equality programs in Pakistan. The package, includes $858 billion for defence, $787bn for non-defence domestic programmes and over $15bn for other programmes. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Sports

3 years ago

India's women cricketers to get same pay as men in push for gender equality

"The match fee for both men and women cricketers will be same as we move into a new era of gender equality in cricket": the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This announcement from BCCI is being regarded as end to gender desparity. However, match fees are separate from annual pay packets, where there are enormous differences between what Indian men and their women counterparts earn. Read More…

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