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Gender

A Guide to the Social Factors That Put Transgender Lives at Risk

News coverage of transgender issues frequently includes devastating stories of violence and loss. Every year, we read about trans women who are brutally murdered, or trans ...

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Human Rights

Human Rights And Health Inequality. A Worldwide Phenomenon

A purely biomedical understanding of diminished health and preventable mortality misses key dimensions of social and economic issues.
1. The differences in health stat...

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Health

Healthcare A Mix Of Highs & Lows

The Raghubar Das government focused on development of healthcare infrastructure in 2016 but services did not improve on the ground level. Shortage of doctors remained a big...

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Bollywood

Anupam Kher Walks The Ramp For Women Empowerment

Bollywood Actor Anupam Kher says it is important to do your bit as he walks the ramp for Girl Child Education. Anupam Kher walks the ramp for Girl Child Education for annua...

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Gender

Why We Put A Transgender Girl On The Cover of National Geographic

Since we shared photos of the cover of our special issue on gender on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, tens of thousands of people have weighed in with opinions, from expr...

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Gender

This Gritty Woman Started Her Crusade Against Child Sexual Abuse When She Was Just 10!

India ranks among the top five countries with the highest rate of child sexual abuse. A 2013 report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights explained the epidemic proportions ...

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Bollywood

Mallika Sherawat: Important To Break Silence About Child Prostitution

Actress Mallika Sherawat says it is important to break the silence in many countries about child prostitution and the need to prosecute the offenders. The 40-year-old actre...

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Gender

This 16-Year-Old Is Changing Attitudes & Promoting Better Sanitation In The Slums Of Mumbai

For an outsider who steps into the slums of Govandi East for the first time, the smell that hits them first. Next they are greeted by the sight of open drainage lines that ...

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Bollywood

Monday Mallika Sherawat Back For A Good Cause

Mallika Sherawat, who was once known as the most-sought after Bollywood hottie, has gone into hibernation for quite some time now. She was last seen in the film DIRTY POLIT...

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Sustainable Development

The Hype Around Medical Genetics Could Be Bad for the Public

Science has always issued medical promissory notes. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon promised that an understanding of the true mechanisms of disease would enable us to e...

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