No country is on track to achieve the gender equality called for in the United Nations's development blueprint, a report released on Tuesday said. In 2015, all United Nations member states adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030 in areas such as education, climate, and gender equality.

No country meeting global goals for gender equality: Study

Gender equality is "under attack" amid hatred, misogyny and politicians campaigning to undo women's rights, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday at the launch of a global conference on women's issues.

Women's rights slipping, equality 'under attack': Canada PM Justin Trudeau

Wreckage of missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft spotted The wreckage of Indian Air Force's AN-32 aircraft has reportedly been found, sources reported. The aircraft took off from Assam's Jorhat airbase at 12:25 pm on Monday and went missing after 1 pm.

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According to the Global reports 2019 released by Equal Measures 2030, no country in the world is set to achieve gender equality by 2030. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Gender Index which was released on Monday, assess the state of gender equality across 129 countries across the globe.

No country to achieve gender equality by 2030: Global report 2019

South Korea's constitutional court lifted the country's decades-old abortion ban in a landmark decision Thursday. The court said criminalising women who undergo abortion and doctors that carry out terminations was "unconstitutional" and ordered the 1953 law to be revised by the end of next year, the Yonhap news agency reported.

South Korean constitutional court lifts abortion ban

Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday accused four Nordic countries renowned as bastions of gender equality of having "shockingly high levels of rape" and of failing the victims.

Amnesty accuses Nordic states of failing rape victims

Teaching boys and girls they are equal in every way encourages domestic violence, Brazil's women's minister said Friday as she urged a return to chivalry. "Boys need to understand that girls are equal in terms of rights and opportunities, but are different as they're women and they need to be loved and respected as women," said Damares Alves, who was appointed by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to lead the ministry for women, families and human rights.

Teaching gender equality encourages domestic violence, says Brazil's women's minister

Only six countries currently give the same legal rights as men to women in the world, a World Bank report has found. The report titled "Women, business and the law" revealed the world is moving to equal legal rights to both gender, however, the development is taking place at such a slow pace that so far only six countries have equal gender rights.

Only 6 countries in world give women equal legal work rights as men: World Bank report

In a first, lakhs of women stood should-to-shoulder across the national highways in Kerala, creating a 620 km-long human 'wall' from the northern end of Kasaragod to the southern tip here on Tuesday as part of a state-sponsored initiative to uphold gender equality.

Sabarimala row: Kerala women form 620-km long human 'wall' to uphold gender equality 

Gender equality and climate change were at the heart of the speech by New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.

Watch: 'Me Too must become We Too' says New Zealand PM Ardern at UN

'Me Too must become We Too' says Ardern on gender equality

Called by 10 unions to demand gender equality, particularly where salaries are concerned, the 24-hour strike dominated headlines with famous female presenters noticeably absent from radio or television shows

International Women's Day: Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights

Google had asked artists to contribute and illustrate the reflections of their own personal experiences as women

Watch: Google celebrates International Women's Day with twelve doodles

Some women have made the journey from the kitchen to the corridors of power. Yet many do not have access to schools, toilets, and sanitary napkins.

Opinion: Why the journey from kitchen to corridors of power is so difficult for women

Bahareh Sassani: "Men often avoid women like me, thinking we aren't made for marriage because we are uncontrollable"

Iranian woman skydiver looks to break down stereotypes

Following the removal of restriction, hundreds of women have applied to travel alone for the pilgrimage

Muslim women can travel for Haj without male guardian: Prime Minister Modi

The central government needs to introduce the women?s representation bill in the upcoming parliamentary session in December

Opinion: India needs more women to contest elections

Authorities have also urged to investigate further to find similar institutes

China school teaching girls 'obedience' closed

With a change in mindset, recognition and elimination of bias and a better support system, women-led businesses will equal opportunity and scrutiny

Opinion: GES succeeds if we keep business first, gender last

A national agenda on women safety focusing on education practices as a mean to promote equality needs to be implemented across the country

Opinion: Violence against women has to stop. But how?

Citizen partnership and gender equality will help Saudi Arabia to develop as a modern country

Saudi crown prince is not for women empowerment but image change

With absolute majority in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, NDA government must not delay the Women's Reservation Bill

Women's Reservation Bill: 21 years of dramatic journey

'Everyday nearly 30,000 youngsters come into (the) job market. 450 jobs are being provided today,' said Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi in US: Central question is how does India give its people jobs??

Indian Prime Minister asked people to not to 'politicise and turn a women's rights issue it into a Hindu-Muslim issue'

Triple talaq destroying lives of Muslim women, says Indian PM Narendra Modi?

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