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How Are Girls Faring In The Sustainable Development Goals?

Progress is being made for adolescent girls in negotiations around the Sustainable Development Goals, but there are more opportunities to ensure girls are meaningfully and ...

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Hollywood

8 Heart-breaking Truths About Women Directors In Hollywood.

Over the past couple of months, MTV News has been covering the abysmal lack of female directors in both television and film in Hollywood — specifically, the American ...

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Gender

Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

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Hollywood

John Oliver Explains Why Online Harassment Of Women Is A Problem.

John Oliver in his video discusses how women in the US have faced death threats on Twitter John Oliver’s videos have gained a steady following on the Internet, given ...

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Hollywood

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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Health

Focus Must Be On Children ‘Left Behind’, Says UN Study

The 11th edition of Progress for Children: Beyond Averages, a UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) report card on child-related Millennium ...

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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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Freida Pinto Joins Richard Curtis' Project Everyone Campaign

In September 2015, at the United Nations, New York, 193 world leaders will adopt a series of ambitious goals to end extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate c...

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Hollywood

Meryl Streep To Members Of Congress: Put The Equal Rights Amendment Into The Constitution.

In support of a new ERA Coalition campaign, yesterday five hundred thirty-five letters personally signed by Meryl Streep were delivered to each and every Member of Congress...

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Environment

Hague Climate Change Judgement Could Inspire A Global Civil Movement

“You have been negotiating all my life”, cried out 21-year-old Anjali Appadurai from the lectern of a UN climate change conference four years ago. The activist,...

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