It’s actually not that long ago that at our first Federal Election in 1901, only women from South Australia and Western Australia were entitled to vote. So women in all the other states were not allowed to vote. The other states did slowly followed yet it took Victoria another six years to let women vote…article
International Women’s Day. To celebrate the occasion, Transparency International is highlighting women corruption fighters around the world whose courage, resilience, intellect and passion help them battle tirelessly to promote transparency and integrity in their communities. These are three of their stories…article
March 8 was International Women’s Day. With the ghastly crime late last year fresh in everyone’s mind, most of the public discourse was focused on women’s safety. However, when you dig deeply, many of the issues boil down to empowerment in an everyday sense, and one of the issues underlying empowerment is often money. article 
When the Finance Minister announced in the Budget plans to start an all-woman bank, it drew some predictable jibes from the male Twitterati. “A new bank only for women in India? The moment Zara announces its sale, this bank will announce its bankruptcy,” said one…article
She is a public housing tenant accused of making more than 17,000 bank transfers to launder HK$6.7 billion, through nine Hong Kong banks. Yet Lam Mei-ling, 61, earned only occasional payments of HK$4,500 from the arrangement, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday…article
The economy may be struggling to recover, but by one closely watched measure the fear that not long ago paralysed the markets has lifted…article
UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi has topped the list of the world’s 100 most powerful Arab women, published on Monday by CEO Middle East…article 
Soon, India would be one of the first countries to set up a bank not only targeted at women but also run by women. Indonesia, with a few financial institutions targeted at women, may only come as a distant second since the facilities do not qualify as a full-fledged bank…..
TM Bhasin, chairman and managing director, Indian Bank, also hailed the move. He said such a bank would help in uplift of women in general. Though the bank would primarily lend to women, Chidambaram said, deposits would be taken from male customers as well…article
Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his presentation of the Union Budget on Thursday had many women-related issues covered with a women’s bank and a Nirbhaya Fund as the highlights.
Bengaluru: With major plans for women, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday has wooed the fair sex.
High among the plans is the allocation of Rs. 1000 crore for safety and empowerment of women which will be called Nirbhaya Fund.
The country is also all set to get an all-women bank by this year with the government announcing an initial capital of Rs. 1,000 crore for the purpose.
Announcing the Budget proposals for 2013-14, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the bank is likely to be set by October this year.
“I…propose to set up India’s first women bank as the public sector. I shall provide Rs. 1,000 crore as initial capital. I hope to obtain the necessary approval and banking licence by October, 2013,” he said…article
Allegations of corruption and mismanagement have been highlighted in a secret report on the women, children and people with disabilities department…article