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Actress Geena Davis Takes Fight For Women In Film Worldwide.

Actress Geena Davis called on Tuesday for greater efforts to stop the use of negative stereotypes of women and girls in film and the media as she unveiled details of a new ...

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Gender

Despite International Pressure, Paraguay Denies Abortion for 10-Year-Old Girl

Paraguay’s government has rejected the recommendation of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights regarding a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather, once aga...

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Gender

Working Moms Have More Successful Daughters And More Caring Sons, Harvard Business School Study Says

it’s looking less and less warranted. According to a working paper (pdf) published June 19 by the Harvard Business School, daughters of working mothers are more likel...

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Health

Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely To Reach Its Millennium Goals Target For Maternal Mortality

According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as ...

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Hollywood

Forest Whitaker Narrates PSA Encouraging Men To Prevent Violence.

The Ad Council and national nonprofit Futures Without Violence launched a national public service campaign called #TeachEarly highlighting the pivotal role that men play in...

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Gender

Animation Present Gender Disparity Data

According to a survey of several L.A.-based animation schools 60% of animation students are women. But only 20% of all animation creative’s are women.
The tellin...

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Festivals

Animation Present Gender Disparity Data

According to a survey of several L.A.-based animation schools 60% of animation students are women. But only 20% of all animation creative’s are women.
The tellin...

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Hollywood

Kidman Slams Gender Inequality In Hollywood

Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has called for more opportunities to be created for women in film, describing the industry as “not an even playing field” and...

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Gender

Apple Puts Women On Stage

The first forty minutes of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference stayed on the race-and-gender script past events have established, with one white man, Apple CEO Ti...

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Gender

New Film Prize Created To Promote Better Roles For Women

The New York-based Independent Filmmaker Project and Phosphate Productions have partnered to create a new prize, The Phosphate Prize at IFP, to encourage indie film writers...

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