Maternal Mortality Declining But Still Above Goal

Maternal mortality rates have dropped substantially over the past quarter century but still are not declining fast enough to meet ambitious international goals for eradicat...

China's 'Airpocalypse' Prompts Official Pledge to Cut Pollution

China will lower emissions from major polluting power plants by 60 percent by 2020, Chinese officials announced on Wednesday. The commitment?comes amidst ongoing climate ch...

VEER & NCPEDP Celebrate World Disability Day With ‘Walk To Freedom’

13 Women Who Transformed The World Of Economics.

Economist Justin Wolfers recently wrote about how female economists are airbrushed out of academic discussion when they have a male co-author. We decided to bring...

In India, IBM?? Watson Will Aid Cancer Care Where Doctors Are Scarce

IBM and a?large hospital system in India have partnered to?diagnose and treat cancer care in a country of 1.2 billion residents who often cannot access oncologists, leaving...

7/7/07: Heart Of Darkness

Reyhaneh Jabbari was just nineteen when she was arrested for the murder of a man who tried to rape her. After six years of torture and torment she was hanged in October 201...

Report Says Women Depicted More In Pakistani Media But Men Still Dominate

There has been an increase in the presence of women in mainstream Pakistani media in the past five years, it emerged on Wednesday. According to a Global Media Monitoring Pr...

Salma Hayek: Violence Against Women Is NOT Okay

In a WORLD EXCLUSIVE, GLAMOUR.com Editor Natasha McNamara sat down with Hollywood superstar Salma Hayek to talk about her stellar work with the Ker...

With Protests Banned In Paris, Climate Activists Embrace Other Forms Of Expression.

According to organizers, 360 French and international civil society organizations will help bring the conference center to life during the two-week summit, which is expecte...