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International Women’s Day – 8 March 2019

The British Deputy High Commission Kolkata supported NSHM Knowledge Campus’s ‘Y-Factor International Conference on Media and Society’ to mark International Women’s Day 2019, held at Birla Industrial Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata on 8 March. Over the course of today and tomorrow, the sessions will discuss a number of topics including “Woman and Media”, as well …

Message on International Women’s Day 2019

The Secretary-General New York, 8 March 2019 Gender equality and women’s rights are fundamental to global progress on peace and security, human rights and sustainable development. We can only re-establish trust in institutions, rebuild global solidarity and reap the benefits of diverse perspectives by challenging historic injustices and promoting the rights and dignity of all. …

UOSSM Doctors Run Training Mission in Bangladesh To Prevent Diabetic Amputation

Geneva, Switzerland – Over 900,000 Rohingya refugees are living in unhealthy conditions in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Due to a lack of available medical care, chronic diseases are ravaging the population. Among them, diabetes. This silent disease, whose severity is frequently underestimated, can cause multiple complications including the diabetic foot in 15% of cases. The onset …

Virgin Atlantic ushers in no-makeup for cabin crew

Female cabin crew can now opt to go without makeup and wear pants 7th March 2019, New Delhi: In a significant change for the aviation industry, Virgin Atlantic announced to drop off compulsory dress codes such as wearing make-up for both female and male cabin crew as well as skirts for female cabin crew. Virgin …

IFAD launches global campaign to close gender gap in agriculture and amplify the voices of rural women

Rome, 7 March 2019 – On International Women’s Day, the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aimed at closing the gender gap in agriculture by drawing attention to the often overlooked contributions that rural women in developing countries make to rural economies, local communities and to improving the …

NASSCOM Organized Partnership Program to Promote Trade Between NASSCOM Member Companies and Israeli Companies

NEW DELHI, March 7, 2019: In an effort to provide market access toIT-ITeS companies from India, The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), today announced that ithas established one more collaboration initiative to boost trade between Indian and Israeli companies. The initiative was announced in partnership with the Embassy of India in Israel …

UN WOMEN and Water Aid India support Niine Movement for the Nationwide Run4Niine for Menstrual Hygiene Awareness

UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, and WaterAid India, an international not-for-profit determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation, are supporting Run4Niine – the nationwide initiative to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene awareness this International Women’s …