Search Result

Search Result
Hollywood

Cannes: Salma Hayek, Parker Posey Blast Hollywood Sexism

Salma Hayek blasted the movie industry for giving up on women both behind and in front of the camera at a Variety-hosted event Saturday afternoon at the Cannes Film Festiva...

Read More
Sustainable Development

When Women Step Out Of Indian Epics To Express Real Desires And Choices In Real Books

The Indian novel writing tradition is by and large a post colonial phenomenon. Right from one of the first novels in English written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay to the ...

Read More
Thought Factory

VICTIMS, WOMEN & THE LANDED VOICELESS

So here?? the thing!

As I entered home this evening, my housekeeper Leela Lhama opened the door, as usual.

She normally takes my laptop bag from my hand and...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Government Keen To Operationalise Emergency Helpline For Women By 2017

Over two years after the Nirbhaya incident brought the focus on women safety, the government has kick-started the process to set up a single emergency response number acros...

Read More
Thought Factory

Of Right Words And Persistent Images

‘Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, o...

Read More
Hollywood

Elton John And Michael Stipe Write About Plight Of Transgender Inmates In Prison

Last month, Elton John and musician, activist, and Elton John AIDS Foundation ally Michael Stipe, published an op-ed in the The Guardian about the horrific conditions faced...

Read More
TV

TELEVISION?S NEW POSTER GIRL

Priyanka Chopra?s career in Bollywood is anything but over. Always looking for something new, her TV debut in the US series Quantico comes as no surprise.? Miss World 2000 ...

Read More
Sustainable Development

Media Leaders And Journalists Speak On Women And The Media.

As part of a Beijing+20 campaign that runs throughout May 2015, inspiring journalists and media leaders tell UN Women their thoughts about the state of women in media today...

Read More
Hollywood

Women Take Center Stage At Milken Conference

At the 18th annual Milken Institute Global Conference held at the Beverly Hilton HOTEL IN Beverly Hills on April 26, women took center stage. Throughout the event, conferen...

Read More
Bollywood

Manisha Koirala To Support Nepali Women, Girls Affected By Quake

Bollywood star and social activist Manisha Koirala has announced her support for the UN Population FUND (UNFPA) as its Goodwill Ambassador for Nepal to work for pregnant wo...

Read More