New Labour Law reforms introduce major changes in wages, social security, workplace safety, gig-worker rights, and compliance ...

The UN Pact for the Future marked a historic milestone, uniting Member States around an ambitious set of shared commitments -- from advancing sustainable development and strengthening international ...

In September 2020, a five-storied house in Buwelikada, Kandy, collapsed, killing three people. The victims were neighbours in ...

Deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of India's Blue Economy. Learn about the Deep Ocean Mission, the risks of ...

The G20 group of the world’s 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment – the Women 20 (W20). Set up in 2015 to promote gender equality ...

For years, Neno District stood out for an unfortunate reason of not having a single female lawmaker or councillor. But ...

Professional women's basketball is at a turning point. The WNBA has been exploding in popularity, but a potentially contentious renegotiation of the league's CBA could have us heading for a holdout.

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is also a reminder that violence takes many forms, which can be ...

More than four decades ago, Rashmi Misra experienced something that deeply moved her, which cemented a lifelong commitment to education. Her husband, then a professor at IIT Delhi, and she lived on ...

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex slavery.