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  2. Gender Development Index - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of countries by their Gender Development Index, based on data collected in 2018, and published in 2019. [3] Countries are grouped into five groups based on the absolute deviation from gender parity in HDI values, from 1 (closest to gender parity) to 5 (furthest from gender parity).

  3. Department of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment (Tamil ...

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    The department is responsible for the implementation of the welfare schemes for children, women, senior citizens and transgender.It monitors the implementation of various enacted social legislation to protect children, women and senior citizens and to prevent child trafficking, dowry, domestic violence against women, child marriage and sexual offences. [1]

  4. Bayer - Wikipedia

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    Women's healthcare is an example of a General Medicine business unit. Bayer Pharma produces the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. Both pills use a newer type of progestin hormone called drospirenone in combination with estrogen. Yaz is advertised as a treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and moderate acne.

  5. Women in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    To further support women's entrepreneurial endeavors, Bangladesh Bank offers collateral-free loans, extending financial assistance to millions of aspiring women entrepreneurs. This dedicated focus on empowering women economically showcases the government's commitment to fostering gender equality and women's empowerment. [citation needed]

  6. Homicide statistics by gender - Wikipedia

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    According to the data given by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, worldwide, 79% of homicide victims were men in 2013. [1] In 2021, males accounted for most homicide victims in all jurisdictions except in Austria, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland, where females were slightly more likely to be homicide victims. [2]

  7. Black feminism - Wikipedia

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    White women fighting for feminism is distinct from black women fighting for black feminism, as white women need only to address one form of oppression [sexism] versus many forms of oppression, like black women. Therefore, the black feminists of the Combahee River Collective aimed for an inclusive rather than exclusive movement because, “The ...

  8. World Conference on Women, 1995 - Wikipedia

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    Hillary Clinton, at the time the First Lady of the United States, gave the speech Women's Rights Are Human Rights at the conference on 5 September 1995. [12] That speech is considered to be influential in the women's rights movement, and in 2013 Clinton led a review of how women's rights have changed since her 1995 speech. [13]

  9. Women's health in India - Wikipedia

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    Women's health in India can be examined in terms of multiple indicators, which vary by geography, socioeconomic standing and culture. [1] To adequately improve the health of women in India multiple dimensions of wellbeing must be analysed in relation to global health averages and also in comparison to men in India.