Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya championed the new Labour Codes in Lok Sabha, highlighting their significant benefits ...

Guest Contributors Tahina Montoya is a defense and policy researcher at RAND, and Kelly Atkinson is a political scientist at RAND.

Stakeholders in Kano State have called on federal, state, and local governments to develop comprehensive policies that better ...

Long before women could vote, the Chicago Woman’s Club was a vocal champion of social reform. In 1904, its president offered a newspaper reporter an assessment of the organization that must have ...

There’s a significant shift towards the recognition of customary rights and the strengthening of women’s land rights.

The unions and some experts also are of the view that women’s security at the workplace is not sufficiently addressed under ...

Sri Lankan activists are at the center of a decades-long battle to reform the country’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act. When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami receded from Sri Lanka’s coasts, leaving a ...

India’s women leadership conference spotlights stalled progress, credit gaps and governance deficits as leaders call for ...

In 2012, the brutal Nirbhaya incident shocked the conscience of the nation. It also exposed the deep fissures in India’s legal and administrative framework for women’s safety. Inadequate policing, ...

Experts warn that African Americans and other historically marginalized groups stand to suffer the most when major changes to Social Security set to take effect this fall. Photo by iStock Major ...

The implementation mandates that women give written consent before night work, ensuring choice rather than compulsion.

During his 12 years as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was a voice for compassion and peace, reformed the Vatican government and took action against clerical child abuse. Here are some of ...