Women rights

Health & Sanitation
Haiti: Gang violence forces MSF to shut hospital

NNWN/Haiti,09-03-2023 The Caribbean nation Haiti has been facing a growing economic crisis. People of Haiti have been living in a pitiable condition. There have been struggling to access clean water and healthcare. Explosion of violence and fuel shortages have added to the agony of innocent citizens....

Women rights
International women's day: Zimbabwe's first lady donates sewing machines

NNWN/ Zimbabwe, 06/03/2023 Ahead of International women’s day, Zimbabwe’s first lady Dr Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa has recently taken an initiative to donate sewing machines to women in cotton farming in UMP district. She has been undertaking several projects with a focus on women empowerment and rural...

Human Rights
Zimbabwe: Digital rights campaigners object to surveillance system in `cybercity'

NNWN/27/02/2023 Digital rights campaigners in Zimbabwe have expressed deep concern over plans to put surveillance systems in the upcoming high tech cybercity, a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country’s nearby capital. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa had launched the first 500-million US...

Environment
Joshimath sinking: What do environmentalists recommend ?

NNWN/Dehradun/15/01/2023 Joshimath episode has caught the attention at national and inter national level. From the Uttarakhand government to centre, from political parties to environmentalists , joshimath sinking has become the cause of serious concern. The satellite images of Joshimath by National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of...

कथक लीजेंड पद्मविभूषण स्वर्गीय पंडित बिरजू महाराज की पहली पुण्यतिथि पर दिल्ली के श्री राम सेंटर में एक नृत्य कार्यक्रम का आयोजन 17 जनवरी की शाम को होगा ।स्पिक मैके और स्नेह भारती ट्रस्ट मिल कर कार्यक्रम का आयोजन कर रहे हैं। इस मौके पर...

Women rights
Nepal: Women activists protest for Nirmala

NNWN/Kathmandu/09/01/2023 Nepal has been witnessing a protest by women activists demanding the arrest of people who purportedly abducted and murdered 52 year old Nirmala Kurmi. On Monday, the protestors lit lanterns in broad daylight in symbolic protest against the government for failing to nab the accused...

Research
You can type without keyboard!

NNWN/30/12/2022 Soon keyboard will become a thing of the past. Believe it or not if researchers from South Korea have developed spray on smart skin which enables typing without a keyboard. This has become possible after they used meta-learning electric skin technology that enables typing without...

Women rights
After Universities, Taliban orders NGOs to stop women employees

NNWN/24/12/2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration continues to target women and their rights. In latest crackdown on women’s freedoms, the administration has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop women employees from coming to work. The economy ministry has written a letter to NGOs. The...

Child rights
Pakistan floods: 400 children killed, 18000 schools destroyed

NNWN/11/09/2022 More than 400 children have been killed in the floods, and many more injured. UNICEF reports that at least 3.4 million children need urgent humanitarian assistance and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning, and malnutrition. Most of the approximately16 million affected children are...

NGO event
Seminar on role of civil society in maintaining social values

NNWN/08/09/2022 Supreme Court lawyers' Conference (Regd2001) Cordially invites you to attend a seminar on, "Role of Civil Society in maintaining Social Values" on September 9 , 4 pm at Indian Law Institute (Opposite Supreme Court of India), New Delhi. Hon. Justice Santosh Hegde former Judge of the Supreme...

Appeal for Help/Support
Need reusable biodegradable sanitary pads

NNWN/05/09/2022 Looking for some sponsorship for reusable biodegradable sanitary pads, can you help find them?These are for women who are in their last term of pregnancy or have just delivered.We are willing to receive sanitary pads too.Pharma companies too sponsor them. Joint women's Programme Padmini Kumar, 9911277004IFSC IOBA0000597Account...

NGO event
Citizens’ Forum India holds Interactive session on Bilkis Bano case & remission...

NNWN/04/09/2022 Citizens’ Forum India (CFI) invites you to join the 126th CFIonZOOM Interactive: BILKIS BANO CASE AND THE REMISSIONA Human Rights Perspective Date: SATURDAY, 10th SEPT 2022Time: 4:30pm to ~6:30pm IST(Extending to 7pm IST, if required) Interact directly with our Distinguished Speaker: • DR. VAHIDA NAINARIndependent Researcher/ ConsultantGender, Conflict and...

Women rights

Social activist , Yadav family's younger bahu set to make political debut ?