Child Brides

The average age of marriage may be rising in the cities, but in the heart of Andhra hinterland, child marriages are still a very grim reality for many.

The case in ...

Angelina Jolie Endorses Women Empowerment Project In Kenya.

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Sometimes The Best Way To Make Change Is To Make Trouble

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The wanton killings never seem to stop. A bomb attack recently on refugees inside their own homeland in Syria led to the ghastly deaths of 68 children in Aleppo. There were...