Women Education News

New Delhi, September 4: A day-long conference in Dhaka on International Literacy Day Sep 8 will focus on the importance of girls' and women's literacy and education for sustainable development, Unesco said Wednesday. To celebrate this day, a ...

Tokyo, September 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday stressed on the need for women's empowerment in the present-day world. Modi, who was addressing students of the Sacred Hearts University here, said he has always given a lot of importance ...

West Bengal, August 25: Calling for focusing on women's education, President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday asserted that by 2030, India will have an edge over other countries in supplying skilled manpower to the world. In an address after inaugurating ...

New Delhi, June 30, 2014: IWP a leading institute in women education in vocational as well as professional studies, celebrated its annual festival "Melange-The Blend of Art 2014" at Hotel Piccadilly, Janakpuri, New Delhi on June 28th 2014. The event was ...

Google India along with the partnership with Intel, HUL and Axis Bank has launched a 'Digital Literacy' initiative campaign called 'Helping Women Get Online' (HWGO) program. It aims at helping 50 million Indian women to get online in one year. ...

The UGC-University Grants Commission invites applications for the award of Post Doctoral Fellowship to women candidates for the year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (Total 200 slots i.e. 100 slots each year) for unemployed women holding Ph.D. Degree in their respective subjects, ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) invites applications for the award of Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child for the academic session 2013-15. The main purpose of this scholarship is to support PG education through scholarships to such ...

Anita Borg Institute announced the winner of the 2013 Women Entrepreneur Quest, part of the 4th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India Conference. Women Entrepreneur Quest is designed to promote and showcase early-stage technology ventures with a technology ...

UNICEF Chief of Education suggests investing in 'Girls Education' in order to breakdown the poverty level. Also, investing in education of girls, is required on most social indicators in India. Urmila Sarkar, Chief of Education UNICEF had marked the 'Second ...

BANGALORE: Student Only Career Fair, one of the highlights at the 4th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India(GHCI) Conference 2013, will take place on November 14th 2013. The annual conference, presented by the Anita Borg Institute (ABI) ...

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in her country, has called for united efforts for education rights. The 16-year-old gave the call during the ...

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl attacked by the Taliban for spreading the message of girls' education and who is among the frontrunners for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, believes extremism can only be rooted out by educating the next generation. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Thursday said it will lend Bangladesh $500 million to help finance a major overhaul of secondary education to meet the country's need for skilled and technology-savvy workers. The ADB funds - to be provided in ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday flagged off the "Kanyashree" scheme under which an annual scholarship of Rs.500 would be given to unmarried girls aged 13-18 and whose family's annual income is below Rs. 1.20 lakh. The scheme was ...