Veteran actress and social activist Shabana Azmi feels actresses nowadays are moving away from the "I will remain silent" mode through their films and the grip of patriarchy is becoming loose in current times. She also feels that art should be used as an instrument for social change and one should make it healthy, fun and joyous rather than "crude and vulgar".

While women understand the importance of being visible at their workplace for the advancement of their career, many deliberately avoid the spotlight so that they can avoid backlash and balance work with family responsibilities, says a study.

Don't waste education on acting -- this was the initial reaction that Angela Bassett got from her family when she announced her decision to step into showbiz. But she didn't see it as an impossible mission.

Mukki zone in the famous Kanha National Park had been known throughout its recorded history to have been ruled by tigresses, rather than tigers. True to this legacy, tribal women of the Mukki zone are breaking conventional chains by taking over men-dominated jobs in the region. These women now drive, guide tourists, guard the forest that traditionally gave them sustenance and are coming forward to shoulder bigger responsibilities.

Six women, including an actress, an author and two producers, who had professional ties with CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, have said they were sexually abused by him more than two decades ago.

The number of women enrolling for higher education in India has gone up by 45 per cent to 17.4 million in 2017-18 from 12 million in 2010-11, according a survey report released on Friday.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that amendment to Code of Criminal Procedure has been proposed for better tackling of issues related to NRI men abandoning wives in India and absconding.

Hundreds of agitating women street vendors on Friday surrounded the Imphal City Police Station here and detained the police personnel inside for some time.

The Delhi High Court on Friday slammed Rohini-based Adhyatmik Vidyalaya for allegedly not allowing parents of the female inmates lodged on the premises to meet them and said that abandoning parents is not spiritual knowledge.

Actress Amyra Dastur, who has worked with female directors like Sonam Nair and Leena Yadav, says she considers herself a feminist.