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Knowledge nugget of the day: Savitribai Phule
January 10, 2025 11:53 am
On the occasion of the 194th birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, let’s look at her contributions to women's education and social reform. In Beyond the Nugget, take a closer look at a lesser-known figure in Indian history — Fatima Sheikh.
A ‘silent revolution’: From 4.5% to 11% in 10 years, girls leading cycling race in rural areas
August 20, 2024 8:58 am
Researchers from IIT Delhi and the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies have termed this rise in cycling among girls in rural areas a “silent revolution” in their paper in the Journal of Transport Geography.
Taliban bars Afghan women from taking entrance exam for universities
January 29, 2023 2:03 pm
The note comes despite weeks of condemnation and lobbying by the international community for a reversal on measures restricting women's freedoms, including two back-to-back visits this month by several senior UN officials.
In banning women from universities, the Taliban is being un-Islamic
December 28, 2022 1:36 pm
The Taliban is undoing the Islamic revolution of enlightenment and pushing Afghanistan back into a period of ignorance.
DU NCWEB Admissions 2022: Last day to register, check steps to register
September 26, 2022 12:23 am
DU NCWEB Admissions 2022: The interested candidates can register on the official website — ncweb.du.ac.in — before the end of September 25. Candidates will need to submit their class 10 and 12 marksheets for admissions.
This is what keeps educated women out of the workforce
May 05, 2022 9:02 am
Mala Khullar and Ratna M Sudarshan write: Due to lack of stronger supportive infrastructure, they are faced with choice between career and familial responsibilities
International Women’s Day: STEM-ming the gender gap
March 09, 2022 9:11 am
Even though experts point at various reasons for lower women's participation in the STEM field, they are also hopeful about the changes being witnessed in the recent and upcoming years.
The last Begum of Bhopal: How Begum Sultan Jahan fought patriarchy and educated a generation of women
May 27, 2021 6:21 pm
Born in 1858, Begum Sultan Jahan ascended the throne in 1901. While she was the fourth female ruler of Bhopal, she is credited with many firsts. She was known for ruling in the present with her eyes set on the future. Her progressive policies for women, at a time when they were shackled by the forces of patriarchy, have made her a feminist icon even today
Remembering Sheikh Abdullah, the founder of Women's College in AMU
February 02, 2021 10:02 pm
The foundation day of AMU's Women's College is observed on February 2, which is the marriage anniversary of Sheikh Abdullah and Waheed Jahan. The day was chosen as Jahan shared the equal responsibility of teaching students, looking after the boarding students and vouching for the cause of female education in her speeches.
Higher Education: Female enrolment highest in Chandigarh, but downward trend in last three years worrying
July 31, 2018 10:36 am
At least five out of 11 city colleges are exclusively for women, and yet the GER has recorded a marginal downward trend in the last three years. The same trend was upward from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
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