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Women and Work

“Historic imbalances in power relations between men and women, exacerbated by growing inequalities within and between societies and countries, are leading to greater ...

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Health

What Policymakers Can Do About Healthcare In Rural India

In a recent article, I argued how increasing rural spending on schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA), skill development (STRIV...

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Sustainable Development

Farms Are Turning To Solar As Electricity Prices Soar

Step onto a farm in California, and you're likely to find solar panels planted near almonds or oranges.
Solar energy is a growing presence in the agriculture industry,...

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Environment

Urban Butterfly Declines 69% Compared To 45% Drop In Countryside

Butterflies have vanished from towns and cities more rapidly than from the countryside over the past two decades, according to a new study. Industrial agriculture has long ...

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Gender

Who’s The Boss? India’s Women Farmers Take Charge Battling Traditional Gender Roles

For Hira Kanjarya, a 17 hour day is the norm as she gets up before dawn to cook for her five children, do the washing, milk her two buffalos, and also run the family’...

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Human Rights

Around The World Women Struggle To Secure Land Rights, Own Less Than Twenty Percent

It’s 2017 and formal ownership of land for women still seems to be a distant dream, with women owning less than 20 percent of land in the world. This means that their...

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Environment

Indigenous Federation Sues Peru Over New National Park

One of the almost 100 resolutions adopted by the World Conservation Congress (WCC) held in Hawai’i in September 2016 was that “protected areas” such as na...

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Environment

More Than 100 Natural World Heritage Sites Degraded By Human Activity, Says Report

More than 100 of the world’s most precious natural assets are being severely damaged by encroaching human activities, according to a study examining direct human foot...

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Hollywood

Sharon Osbourne Asks Croatia To Ban Fur Farming

This week, X Factor judge and animal advocate Sharon Osbourne wrote to Croatia's minister of agriculture, Davor Romić, asking him to preserve a complete ban on fur farming...

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Sustainable Development

This Giant Vertical Farming Robot Is Coming For Your Crops

In 2011, the number of people on Earth passed 7 billion and by 2050 that number is expected to jump up to almost 10 billion. Aside from trying to feed all these people, we'...

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