It all started with a road accident in Indian state of Punjab on 25th November 2001 which killed home maker Reshma - a mother of three ... Jun 13
It is important for girls and women and people of all gender diversities to prioritise infection prevention and control, and access public healthcare services in ... May 13
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The 70th session of the intergovernmental UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - UN's largest annual forum on gender equality – which began on ... Mar 19
Asia Pacific region is not on track to deliver on any of the 17 SDGs by 2030, said Sai, who leads the Asian-Pacific Resource ... Feb 21
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Even before 2026 began, we were never on track to deliver on gender equality and human right to health and broader development justice.... Jan 31
As 2025 wraps up, let us remind ourselves of the prominent promises (and some legally binding ones) which our governments have made since 1945 to ... Dec 27
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Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, not a single country has delivered ... Oct 23
Anti-rights and anti-gender pushbacks have made the situation even more grim. Activists are pinning hope on an upcoming global meet to galvanise a ... Oct 22
It was shocking to see that United States of America (USA) took a position against most other nations and went ahead to “torpedo” the draft ... Sep 29
WHO guidelines in 2021 endorsed artificial intelligence (AI) enabled computer-aided detection of TB with X-Rays.... Sep 19
Asia Pacific Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance 2025 opens in Indonesia.... Sep 12
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Rising anti-rights and anti-gender pushbacks along with conflicts, wars, invasions and genocides, have not only arrested the progress made on gender and health ... Sep 02
Nepal has demonstrated commendable progress on a range of health indices, despite myriads of challenges. ... Aug 30
Young people, especially girls and women with disabilities or other gender diverse peoples or indigenous peoples, are more challenged by child marriages and gender-based ... Aug 25
Most refugee girls grow up without any structured knowledge of their bodies, reproductive health or mental wellbeing.... Aug 18
Anti-gender and anti-rights pushes are attacking social justice movements and fuelling a backlash against progressive social and environmental justice movements.... Aug 05
Despite having science-based tools for HIV combination prevention, there were 1.3 million people who got newly diagnosed with HIV in 2023 - and also ... Aug 04
At the recently concluded intergovernmental meet on financing for development, the outcome document mentions about the importance of "access of women to economic markets, labour ... Jul 23
While health, gender and other sustainable development goals are reeling under severe funding cuts, governments of richer nations are increasing defence budgets. ... Jul 19
Health and gender equality are indivisible and fundamental human rights. "Right to health cannot be dislocated from gender equality and human rights.... Jul 15
While governments have committed to deliver on Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, inequalities, injustices and deadly divide between the Global North and Global South nations (... Jul 14
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