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Mulayam accuses UPA govt of step-motherly treatment
Lucknow :: India | 29 days ago
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Stepping up his campaign against the Congress party, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav blamed the central government for the step-motherly treatment towards Uttar Pradesh. Mulayam was addressing a meeting of his party's women wing at
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Govt urged to protect rights of home-based workers
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 1 month ago
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Speakers at a conference on Monday criticised the past governments for not taking measures to protect the rights of homed-based women workers numbering around eight million across the country. They asked the caretaker governments to recognize the
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Opting out of a milling schedule?
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
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March 9, 2013 The Hindu Women employees at a garment unit in Coimbatore. Photo:K.Ananthan For the industries in Coimbatore, employment of women at shop floors is not a new trend. Though they are present in almost all the sectors, their strength is
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Travelling to work is risky for many
Bangalore :: India | 2 months ago
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Bangalore, March 8, 2013 The Hindu Safe transport is not even a demand for the vast majority of unorganised women workers at the lower end of the economic ladder...Thirty-year-old Shobha's journey to work from Iglur village near Chennapatna to a
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Saudization of retail...
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 6 months ago
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Sunday 2 December 2012 Last Update 1 December 2012 8:43 pm The Ministry of Labor is exploring the possibility of Saudizing the vast retail sector, especially commercial centers and malls as part of its efforts to find more areas to employ Saudi
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Not vegetarianism or dieting, Mr. Modi
Ahmedabad :: India | 8 months ago
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The growth process in Gujarat has paid limited attention to the well-being of the masses. File Photo Low wage rates, poorly functioning public schemes and patchy access to water and sanitation are the real explanation for Gujarat's persistent
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Women Suffer More With Rising Trade Globalization
New Delhi :: India | 9 months ago
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With the emergence of bilateral free trade and investment agreements and clamour for more and more foreign direct investment, all in the name of economic growth, the gender impact of these policies is changing and impacting women's roles in society.
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UN Committee warns NZ Government on employment law changes
Christchurch :: New Zealand | 10 months ago
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New Zealand government that it needs to reconsider employment changes it has signaled it intends to make later this year. Helen Kelly, CTU President says the Committee is concerned about the proposed employment law changes to collective bargaining
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Equal Pay for Equal Work
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 1 year ago
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Commission, and professional sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta, to lobby local businesses, executives and others, to focus on wages of female workers to try and identify areas for improvement. Taylor says she would like to see a
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BEPZA selected for IFC gender award
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 year ago
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CEO Gender Award for a project promoting the cause of nearly 200,000 women workers. The project is the first of its kind to address gender issues within special economic zones and necessary for Bangladesh, where women constitute 64 per cent of
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