Browsing Tag: International Women's Day

[VIDEO] "A few years ago not many of the 25 girls studying at the Johri Rifle Club today would have been able to step out of home. Girls who train at the range have got jobs at the army, the Air Force, and the border security..."

Katherine was in her eighties. Dr. Patwant Kaur would see her lying on her bed coming in and out of consciousness, not unlike many other patients around her. But there was something different about Katherine.

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures”

Just as many women in the United States are feeling under assault from conservatives threatening to impose restrictions on abortion rights and even contraceptives, the groundbreaking agency U.N. Women is marking its first year and hundreds of firebrands and activists are convening here for the third annual Women in the World meeting.