India: Government Proposes Complete Ban on Commercial Surrogacy
A bill proposing a complete ban on commercial surrogacy and allowing only legally wedded Indian couples to opt for children through it was recently approved by the government to check unethical practices.
The Union Cabinet gave its nod to the introduction of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 in Parliament, seeking a bar on unmarried couples, single parents, live-in partners and homosexuals from opting for surrogacy.
More Ugandan Women Still Trafficked to the Arab World
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UN Women, Others Celebrate Community-based Sports Programme to Build Leadership Skills
Coinciding with the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UN Women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and…
UAE: It Is Time to Address Women’s Work Hours and Matters of Maternity Leave
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South Africa’s First Black Female Pilot Is Helping Other African Women Take Off
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UAE’S Leadership Aims to Improve Gender Equality
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On the Marble
“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not…
Novel Menstruation Management
Did you ever have one of those embarrassing teenage moments, growing up; when you find your skirts badly stained with menstrual blood, and you…
Heather Henyon- Scaling Up Opportunities for Women Owned Start-ups in the Arab World
Women entrepreneurs the world over, are SUPERWOMEN. This is because they defy the odds, kick all stumbling blocks off their way, and create meaning…
Abaya: The Emirati Black Dress
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Michelle Bachelet- President of Chile
Michelle Bachelet is also is known as Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria was born on September 29, 1951, in Santiago, Chile. In 2006 she became…
Haejoang Cho- A leading researcher on Gender Studies
Korean born Haejoang Cho, also known as Haejoang Cho Han; Han being her mother’s family name is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of…
