UNICEF: Dalit Girls Most Excluded From Primary Education In India

A report just released by UNICEF and UNESCO on out of school children in India highlights that Dalit girls have the highest primary school exclusion rate in India. The repo...

New Report Shows Women In Fisheries Sector Are Underpaid

A new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report shows that though women make up nearly half of all people in the fisheries sector, they often do not get their dues. A ...

Earth Wins Time As Land And Seas Absorb More Carbon

Climate change has intensified more slowly than scientists had expected because the continents and oceans are absorbing more atmospheric carbon dioxide. Half of all the car...

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...

Paul Simon To Host Annual Children's Health Fund Benefit

The Children's Health Fund will hold its annual benefit on June 1, hosted by CHF co-founders Paul Simon and Irwin Redlener, MD. The event will feature a special appearance ...

Can India Lead On Green Buildings, Clean Energy And Corporate Sustainability?

With a population rapidly approaching that of China crammed into just one third of the area, India suffers from resource scarcity on a level unlike any other nation. So whi...

China’s Three Gorges Dam Is Threatened by Climate Change, Says Government Official

China's Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric plant in the world, stretching nearly a mile and half wide and over 600 feet high ? five times larger than the Hoover ...

John Legend To Perform At Women Of Influence LA Event

Just two films young, and Zoya Akhtar has already emerged as one of the most influential directors of this generation. From her strong sense of visuals, her contemporary tr...

John Legend To Perform At Women Of Influence LA Event

Just two films young, and Zoya Akhtar has already emerged as one of the most influential directors of this generation. From her strong sense of visuals, her contemporary tr...