International Women's Day 2021: WhatsApp messages, wishes, SMS, quotes to send your loved ones - International Women's Day is an occasion to pay tribute, respect and remember those women who have made a difference in our lives.
This year's Google Doodle was designed by Helene Leroux and honours the 'first' women in various fields who opened the avenues for other women to follow the suit.
International Women's Day 2021, DNA Exclusive: 'Priyanka Chopra is definitely my inspiration', says Zareen Khan - Zareen Khan also said 'There is still a major section of society that needs to understand the strength that comes with being a woman'.
International Women's Day 2021, DNA Exclusive: 'Women of this decade are strong, powerful, self-made', says Hina Khan - Hina Khan believes that women need to be celebrated and recognised every single day.
Family planning and gender equality: Ensuring women and girls are able to reach their full potential
Access to safe, voluntary family planning is a human right and research and policies show clearly that family planning is central to gender equality. File photo
Updated: Mar 8, 2021, 03:33 PM IST
Just over 25 years ago, two global events – the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing– recognised on a global stage that women’s health and reproductive choices cannot be separate from human rights. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is essential for women’s empowerment, safety, gender equality and poverty reduction. And yet in 2021, millions of women and adolescent girls continue to lack access and information to these sexual and reproductive health services which are so crucial to their well-being.