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20 hours ago · In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world to extend the right to vote to women.Dozens more would do so in the years following World War I, and as a wave of countries gained independence after World War II, equal voting rights for men and women were often guaranteed in their constitutions.
3 days ago · In a detailed story on the need for including women in India’s economy — especially amid pervasive violence against women, including in the workplace as the recent Kolkata rape case demonstrates—the FT writes that if women’s participation reached 50 percent, then India could boost its annual growth rate by 1.5 percentage points.
Sep 9, 2024 · There will be a considerable increase from past decades, with approximately 45% of women in the prime working age range of 25–44 predicted to be childless and single by 2030, according to a recent Morgan Stanley survey. Why more women are choosing to stay single.
2 days ago · Two more women, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, served as prime ministers. Three females prime ministers each have led the country in the United Kingdom as well as in Poland ...
1 day ago · Many Catholics say the church has to keep pace with the reality that women already manage parishes in some areas of the world where there is a shortage of priests, like the Amazon and even in the ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Following the explosive Justice Hema Committee report, which provided a damning indictment of the discrimination and exploitation faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, there have been renewed discussions around the safety of women on film sets across movie industries.
1 day ago · Her perception is backed up by statistics from Racing NSW, which show that in September 2024, 50 of the state's 73 apprentice jockeys were women. In the 2023/24 season there were also 25 female ...
