Odisha CM asks officials to include widowed women under ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’

Odisha CM asks officials to include widowed women under ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asked officials to include widowed women under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana’ (MMKVY). CM Majhi issued such a direction while presiding over a meeting in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday (May 21, 2025), an official said. He said the scheme … Read more

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Getty Images Women with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening programme to help detect more cancers and save lives, researchers say. A Cambridge University-led study of more than 9,000 women found using different scans from traditional mammograms could treble the number of cancers detected in … Read more

From block prints to big dreams: Haryana women weave success

From block prints to big dreams: Haryana women weave success

In an attic on top of a two-room house, 31-year-old Sundar is block-printing on a five-metre bedsheet with a maroon dye at Rohtak’s Lakhan Majra village in Haryana, which lies around 90 kilometres to the north-west of Delhi. The room, open on three sides with iron mesh, allows gusty and dry summer wind to pass through … Read more

Murshidabad violence: NCW forms panel to probe ‘molestation’ of women, chairperson to visit affected areas

Murshidabad violence: NCW forms panel to probe ‘molestation’ of women, chairperson to visit affected areas

Residents of Dhulian take refuge at a school in Malda district. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri The National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate alleged molestation and displacement of women during the recent communal violence in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, an official statement said on Wednesday (April 16, 2025). … Read more

San Francisco unveils 45-foot steel nude woman sculpture that breathes to celebrate women’s empowerment

San Francisco unveils 45-foot steel nude woman sculpture that breathes to celebrate women’s empowerment

A towering steel sculpture of a nude woman was installed at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza on April 10. The 45-foot structure, titled R-Evolution, will remain on display for at least six months, with the option to extend it up to one year, according to the San Francisco Standard. From Burning Man to San Francisco’s waterfront … Read more

Device developed by Swindon hospital will give women more dignity

Device developed by Swindon hospital will give women more dignity

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Staff at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon began adapting the male urinary bottle for women It is hoped a device adapted to allow immobile female hospital patients to go to the toilet more easily could be rolled out nationwide. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon, has called … Read more

More Indian women take up jobs, and still shoulder most household chores

More Indian women take up jobs, and still shoulder most household chores

According to the latest survey, the share of urban women who do unpaid household work has increased. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL While an increasing number of urban women are entering paid employment, the share of them who do unpaid household work, such as cooking, shopping, and caring for children and the elderly, has also … Read more