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Punjab to Start Monthly Cash Payments to Women From July 1

The programme is meant to boost women's financial autonomy through direct bank transfers funded by a Rs 9,300 crore allocation.

Cuauhtémoc Reaches 500 Puntos Violeta With New Mobile Response Unit

Ukraine Lifts Border Exit Limits for All Women as New Rules Take Effect

Waspi Launches New High Court Challenge Over Rejected Pension Compensation

Rio State Creates Women and Inclusion Secretariat, Taps Bia Pacheco to Lead

Brazil's Chamber Installs Working Group on Misogyny Hate-Crime Bill

Mexico Opens One-Week Bienestar Pension Sign-Ups, Deadline Is May 3

Madhya Pradesh Names Six-Member Panel to Draft Uniform Civil Code in 60 Days

PT Lawmaker Seeks Alerj’s Top Honor for BBB26 Winner Ana Paula Renault

Mexico Names Rigoberta Menchú Senior Adviser on Women’s and Indigenous Rights in Foreign Policy

Mexico City Opens Second 3R Care House, First Outside Utopías

Punjab Begins Enrolling Women for ₹1,000–₹1,500 Monthly Aid With Payouts From July 1

PT Resets 2026 Strategy to Take On Flávio Bolsonaro

India Moves To Regulate X’s Community Notes As Parliament Panel Seeks Publisher Treatment

France Reasserts ‘Absolute’ Stance on Pimping Networks as 2016 Law Turns 10

Menaka Guruswamy Becomes India’s First Openly Queer MP With Rajya Sabha Oath

Punjab Notifies Women’s Cash Aid Scheme, Forms Panel Led by Chief Secretary

Sheinbaum Backs Grecia Quiroz, Leaves Gender-Violence Ruling to Authorities

Sonora Aligns With Federal Plan to Curb Violence Against Women

Gujarat Passes Uniform Civil Code, Second State After Uttarakhand