Gender equality and women’s rights remain among the most critical yet inadequately fulfilled global development priorities. Despite decades of international commitments, legal reforms, and policy frameworks, progress toward gender parity has been uneven, slow, and, in some contexts, reversing. women’s empowerment, suffers due to persistent socio-cultural and structural barriers. Achieving gender equality is not merely a matter of social justice but a prerequisite for sustainable development, inclusive growth, and democratic resilience. Accelerated, coordinated, and accountable action is imperative to transform commitments into measurable outcomes for women and girls worldwide.

Elections to the Bihar Assembly saw an extraordinary 70% voter turnout, higher than previous low turnouts.

Promoting sustainable livelihoods for women in Uttarakhand requires addressing their economic marginalisation and focusing on hill-centric employment strategies

Governments and industry associations have failed to address the question of safety of women in the entertainment industry.

India’s politicians recognise the growing influence of women at the ballot box but their schemes to win their votes come with risks.

A pre-pandemic survey of time use in India showed that in both urban and rural areas, girls and women aged 6+ were several times more likely than boys and men to do care work and especially domestic work — and the ones who did spend several times as long doing it. These multiplying disparities mean domestic work takes up about 10 times as much of girls’ and women’s time.

Vibrant and happy female fans filled the stand with colour and exuberance as they cheered for Iran’s national team at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran.

Rakhshanda Jalil painstakingly examines an older heritage and history that must remain a reference point to end the deep polarisation between communities that is the reality of everyday life in India today.