#gender based

Collection of gender based news, found 166 news.

Anti-sexual violence bill crucial weapon in fight against rape culture

A young girl in college had to bury her dreams of being a literature graduate as she had been raped by a famous poet ...

Weekend Stories

Strong commitment paramount to combating workplace sexual harassment

Workplace sexual harassment is among the most challenging and insidious issues since victims are oftentimes in a ...

Counter-terrorism needs gender mainstreaming: expert

Measures to counter-terrorism should be strengthened with gender mainstreaming because women could play a leading role ...

News Focus

Realizing dignified world of work through ILO Convention No. 190

The nation’s people were left in a state of shock and disbelief after the case of Baiq Nuril Maknun, a former ...

Presidential Debate

Opposition vows to support gender-based laws, economic policy

Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno vowed to support the gender-based ...

Empowerment of women is the key to overcome radicalism

Women`s empowerment that starts from the community can be a key factor to overcome radicalism and terrorism, because ...

Indonesia encourages women`s participation in realizing world peace

Indonesia has called on the international community and UN member states to encourage the participation of women in ...

Discrimination against women affects public health

Dscrimination against women in various fields has an effect on public health, and therefore, the government of ...

Indonesia`s gender equality index ranking shows improvement: Plan International

Based on the international gender equality index, Indonesia rose to the 110th rank among 155 countries in various ...

EU supports gender equality in Indonesia

The European Union (EU) launched an "EU-Indonesia Blue Book 2017," having gender equality as its main theme, to ...

A Study on the Street Vendors of Kathmandu

In Kathmandu, thousands earn their living selling goods on streets, sidewalks and in other public places. Due to a ...

Women Ministry to push more women participation in politic

Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection has highlighted the lack of women participation in politic in ...

UN chief calls for end to brutality against women

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday emphasized the importance of stopping brutality against women, saying ...

ADB loan for improvement of Indonesia`s local governments

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200 million to aid Indonesia?s push to develop strong regional ...

UN welcomes RI`s wish to become hub of peacekeeping centers

Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Alain Le Roy said Indonesia`s initiative as hub of ...