Women still falling off higher education ladder

MARCH 8 marks International Women's Day (IWD) a day when we celebrate the social, economic and political achievements made by and for women while focusing world attention on areas requiring further action.The theme of IWD 2014 is Inspiring Change. ...

CHICAGO, IL United Airlines was named a top corporation for women-owned and -operated businesses by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) for the third consecutive year. America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. Canada's minister responsible for the status of women addressed the United Nations on Tuesday to highlight Canada's record on helping women and girls around the globe. Kellie Leitch focused on Canadian efforts to end forced ...

Albufeira, Portugal (SportsNetwork.com) - The United States women's national team stumbled to a second straight defeat at the Algarve Cup on Monday as Nadia Nadim scored a pair of first-half goals in a 5-3 Denmark victory to close out Group B play. ...

It is the annual session of the Commission on Status of Women (UN-CSW) under the United Nations umbrella, attracting hundreds of government and civil society participants representing their

This was during an event organised by Angola on the fringes of the 58th session of the United Nations on Women Condition. The minister of Family and Women Promotion, Filomena Delgado, was addressing the meeting that went under the theme ...

On the eve of International Women's Day, officials gathered at the United Nations to discuss Intel® She Will Connect, a new programme poised to drive economic and social transformation

Accra, March 10, GNA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for empowerment of women to boost global efforts to end hunger. A press statement issued by WFP and copied the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Monday said WFP provides ...

A group representing symphysiotomy survivors has written to the United Nations (UN) with a submission claiming that the State has violated the UN Convention against Torture for its failure to initiate an independent inquiry and restitution scheme ...