The year 2020 is a pivotal year for advancing gender equality worldwide, as the global community takes stock of progress made for women’s rights since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. It will also mark several other galvanizing moments in the gender equality movement: a five-year milestone towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals; the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security; and the 10th anniversary of UN Women’s establishment. The emerging global consensus is that despite some progress, real change has been ...

Thousands of Indians welcomed spring in a rainbow of colours Thursday, celebrating the annual festival of Holi. The ancient Hindu festival which heralds the end of winter and the victory of good over evil. But the outbreak of the virus, which has led to 30 positive cases so far in the country, has led the government to caution against mass gatherings. India is the world's second-most populous nation after China, where the virus first emerged late last year. Celebrated mainly in India, Nepal and other countries with large Hindu populations ...

Manipur, in the foothills of the Himalayas, has produced some of India's top athletes including champion boxer Mary Kom. Even so, polo -- which resembles horseback field hockey, and whose Manipuri version, "Sagol Kangjei", is played with riders on indigenous ponies -- is usually viewed as a male-only sport in the state. The game dates back centuries in Manipur, where it first came to the attention of British colonialists who formalized it as polo and spread it around the world. The involvement of female players was intertwined with the survival ...

Tribes and villages commonly wage war over land and there are reports of warriors hacking off their enemies' heads for trophies as late as the 1960s. To celebrate, a thorn would be used to drive tree sap under the warrior's skin to ink a permanent reminder of his headhunting prowess - and his family would often follow suit. The Naga consist of dozens of tribes in a region so isolated that neighboring villages often speak completely different languages ​​and dialects. Divided between India and Myanmar by a border many deem ...

Many Arab women exert efforts to reach the highest positions, while facing various difficulties and challenges. According to Forbes Middle East, there are 22 new posts and 23 nationalities represented in 28 sectors within the "Power Businesswomen in The Middle East 2020" list.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory on Tuesday in Israel's general election, with exit polls putting the indicted premier in a strong position to form the next government. Monday's election, Israel's third in less than a year, was called after inconclusive votes in April and September left the Jewish state in a political deadlock. The central election committee said Tuesday morning they had completed counting all the votes, but the checks they were conducting meant the results would only be published in the late afternoon. But exit polls by three ...

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram was the subject of news websites and social media since January 2020, after an intruder broke into her house and was killed by her husband Dr. Fadi Al Hachem, after he tried to enter their daughters bedroom. During these hard times, Nancy was busy filming The Voice Kids as she a judge at the panel. Check Nancy's looks at the Voice Kids 2020.

Sergei Murza produces the shoes in the Moscow workshop of Grishko, a company born in the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union and now is one of the world’s top makers of ballet pointe shoes. Grishko is a rare success story for Russian artisanship, its shoes sold around the globe and grace the stages of the world’s top ballet venues. Nearly 80 percent of its production is for export, with the US and Japan being the top buyers. Today he employs more than 500 people at workshops in ...

Thousands of migrants who gathered on the Turkey-Greece border clashed with Greek police. They responded by firing tear gas at people who amassed at a border crossing in the western Turkish province of Edirne, some of whom responded by hurling stones at the officers. Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to let refugees to travel on to Europe from Turkey. "What did we do yesterday? We opened the doors," Turkish President Erdogan stated.

The violent rallies have started out on Sunday after clashes between protesters for and against a controversial citizenship law. Moreover, The death toll from days of anti-Muslim violence rose to 33 on Thursday, police said, as gangs continued to roam the streets in the Indian capital. On the other hand, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on Wednesday for peace and end of the violent protests. As well as, he added that he had reviewed the situation and police were working to restore normality.

This week, Kuwaiti Fashionista Rawan Bin Hussein gave birth to her first child, daughter "Luna". Her husband's identity was revealed as well, as it turned out he is Libyan businessman Youssef Magariaf.. Check him out!