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Human Rights

THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CREATED A NEW WAY TO BUST SEX TRAFFICKING RINGS

When she was still an undergrad, Emily Kennedy created Traffic Jam, a program that helps authorities track prostitution rings by using publicly available data.
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Hollywood

J.J. Abrams To Open Film Festival Empowering Female Filmmakers

J.J. Abrams is set to open the Archer School for Girls’ 5th Annual Archer Film Festival empowering female filmmakers next week.Celebrities and entertainment industry ...

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Bollywood

Deepika Padukone Is Doing Her Bit To Promote Mental Well-Being In The Country

Mental Health Was Not Given Too Much Of Importance In A Country like ours, till even a few years back. But thanks to celebrities like DeepikaPadukone--who have lent their v...

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Gender

Menstrual Cycle Still A Barrier To Achieve Gender Equality

Adolescent girls in developing countries miss schools for at least five days every month — 60 days in a year during their menstrual cycle due to the lack of access to...

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Documentary / Shorts

My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic

Sam Berns is a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he has achieved highest honors and is currently a percussion section leader in the high school...

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Documentary / Shorts

A Second Glance at Education: Julia Cahn at TEDxCHSNED

Inspiration? Grades? Standardized tests? As a high schooler, Julia has had to face them all. In her slam poem, she attacks the system that demands that students are inspire...

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Gender

Learn About Challenges For Women With Disabilities

Last week, actress and feminist powerhouse Emma Watson made waves in the media after announcingthat she would be taking a year off of acting for “personal development...

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Festivals

SXSW: The Best And Weirdest Films From The Texas Film Festival

Indie film legend and writer-director of Boyhood Richard Linklater has called Everyone Wants Some!! the "spiritual sequel" to his Generation X comedy-drama Dazed and Confus...

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Human Rights

Malnutrition, Alcoholism In Tribal Madhya Pradesh Get Baneebai Cure

At first glance, her profile hardly looks newsworthy — a young woman of the poor Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh; a high school dropout.But BaneebaiNingwal has the re...

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Hollywood

Sheryl Crow Donates $21,000 To School

Nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriterSheryl Crow recently returned to her hometown of Kennett, Missouri, to surprise the teachers at her alma mater, Kennett High...

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