Women
A woman is an adult female human. The term woman may also refer to a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural women is sometimes used for female humans regardless of age, as in phrases such as "women's rights." Typically, a woman has two X chromosomes and is capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. Female anatomy, as distinguished from male anatomy, includes the fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, vulva, breasts, Skene's glands, and Bartholin's glands. The adult female pelvis is wider than the male's, the hips are generally broader, and women have significantly less facial and …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 4 July 2024 English
Handloom garments are essential to Assamese heritage and culture, and its largely women like Patney Deuri who are at the loom here, weaving furiously at festival time when demand rises. But the cycle of …
Assamese heritage and culture, and its largely women like Patney Deuri who are at the loom here, weaving …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 June 2024 English
In Varanasi, law and order has repeatedly failed to protect the rights of trans women or ensure their safety. In the General Elections 2024, their vote is for change …
repeatedly failed to protect the rights of trans women or ensure their safety. In the General Elections …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 June 2024 English
For the elderly women of Kishangarh Sedha Singh Wala in Punjab’s Mansa district, the historic farm protests of 2020-2021 were transformative. The dissent served as an education, even shaping their choices …
For the elderly women of Kishangarh Sedha Singh Wala in Punjab’s Mansa district, the historic farm protests …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2024 English
This report was published in June 2024 by the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006; this is the 18th edition …
cannot risk falling behind and throwing millions of women and girls back into times of strife and need. Big … economic gender parity are needed to ensure that women have unfettered access to resources, opportunities … demonstrating persistent underrepresentation of women in ministerial and parliamentary positions. – In … communicates low labour-force participation rates for women and significant gender disparities in leadership … their lowest in 30 years. Economic prospects for women and girls are threatened by the continued downturns …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 May 2024 English
Moga district, heroin and other drugs are taking over the lives of young and older men, leaving the women to hunt for scarce jobs. It's a major poll issue here in General Elections 2024 …
over the lives of young and older men, leaving the women to hunt for scarce jobs. It's a major poll issue …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 May 2024 English
special dish (bharit) is made with brinjals and is a local delicacy in this city in Maharashtra. The 14 women who cook upto 500 kilograms of it on some days, are taking centrestage during campaigning for General …
local delicacy in this city in Maharashtra. The 14 women who cook upto 500 kilograms of it on some days, …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 May 2024 English
across most of rural Maharashtra, there is a 'marriage' crisis: men are unable to find brides; young women are passing over impoverished farmers for government employees. This is a direct fallout of shrinking …
'marriage' crisis: men are unable to find brides; young women are passing over impoverished farmers for government …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 May 2024 English
Mal Pahariya Adivasi women working in the onion fields of West Bengal's Murshidabad district explain their priorities – work, food, then vote – to PARI in the run up to the General Elections 2024 …
Mal Pahariya Adivasi women working in the onion fields of West Bengal's Murshidabad district explain …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 6 May 2024 English
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport …
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 6 May 2024 English
Women in Urban Informal Work and Covid-19 in India …
Women in Urban Informal Work and Covid-19 in India …
