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Starting this week, women in Delhi can ride buses for free using a new smart card that also works across the city's metro and transit systems. The initiative aims to reduce travel costs and improve access to jobs, education, and healthcare for millions of women.
Saudi Arabia has achieved the world's largest improvement in women's empowerment frameworks and leads the Middle East in gender equality progress, according to the World Bank's latest report. The Kingdom now outperforms major economies including the US and China in supporting women's advancement.
In Morocco, where women make up just 22% of the workforce, a nonprofit is changing lives through culinary education. Over 350 women have learned to cook their way to independence, with 87% now employed and earning up to five times more.
President Claudia Sheinbaum used a boxing event to deliver a powerful message to Mexican women and girls: there are no limits to what they can achieve. Mexico's first female president called out gender-based career discouragement, even from families.
Young women played exhibition cricket on snow-covered fields in Gurez valley, a remote region near India's Line of Control. The Indian Army organized the historic match to encourage female participation in sports along the border.
Two hundred young mothers in Kenya's Kisii County are getting a second chance at education through a government program breaking down barriers to school re-entry. The initiative tackles stigma and poverty that have kept teen mothers from resuming their studies after childbirth.
A public health expert who left Nigeria for better opportunities in Canada is using her success to give back, running a foundation that provides menstrual health education to girls across Nigeria. Her story shows how immigrants can bridge two worlds.
Diplomats from over 30 countries gathered in Beijing to celebrate wins in women's rights and plan future collaboration. The event blended cultural heritage with concrete progress on gender equality.
A nutrition class in rural Nigeria is teaching pregnant women that healthy meals don't require expensive ingredients. Twenty women now know how to prepare balanced diets using affordable beans, grains, and vegetables they already own.
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is challenging the harmful saying that "women are their own worst enemy" with practical steps for building solidarity. Her viral essay offers a roadmap for breaking cycles of judgment and creating stronger communities.
India's new women's football coach Amelia Valverde says success means more than just winning games. The Costa Rican knows firsthand how qualifying for major tournaments transforms women's sports in a country.
Bank of Baroda just pledged financial support to thousands of women's self-help groups across Tamil Nadu, opening doors to entrepreneurship and economic independence. The partnership announced at the Global Women Summit connects rural women with the banking services they need to build businesses and secure their futures.
Kerala's new budget delivers major wins for vulnerable groups with $173 million for social security pensions and raises for frontline health workers. The state's economy grew 6.19% while creating jobs and expanding support programs.
When Babasaheb Deshmukh's daughter couldn't study past fourth grade, he gave away 100 acres of family land to build Maharashtra's first residential school for girls. That single act of generosity has now educated over 100,000 underprivileged students.
In Indonesia's West Java, 89% of women say learning digital skills matters more than just having technology. New research shows teaching digital marketing and online business skills directly expands income opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
When director Woody Allen tried to humiliate teenage supermodel Twiggy on live TV in 1967, she turned the tables with quick wit and charm. Her graceful comeback reminds us that standing up to bullies can look confident even when we're scared inside.
A shy geography teacher in rural Manipur founded a football club that's giving village girls the skills and confidence to build independent lives. Laibi Phanjoubam never played football herself, but her club now sends players to India's top leagues.
Author Twinkle Khanna shares how watching her single mother wake at dawn to juggle acting shifts and fitness routines shaped her understanding of female strength. The powerful childhood observation became a blueprint for self-reliance that psychologists say influences gender beliefs for life.