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This Garment Factory Turned Shelter Home Has Supported More Than 250 Women In The Past 4 Years

The Urja Trust was founded in 2012 by DeepaliVandana, a Mumbai based social worker. It is a non-government organisation that provides shelter to vulnerable women who are ho...

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Gender

What Women Do When They Can't Afford An Abortion

When Ariana Menefee found out that she was pregnant seven years ago, she knew immediately that she needed an abortion. "My pr...

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Bollywood

Celebs Should Use Their Status To Help Society: Richa Chadha

“When you start a normal campaign, you might not get as much attention as you would get if a celebrity is attached to it. It is because a celebrity is always in the n...

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Alternative Entertainment

Street Kids Wield The Brush To Spread Message Against Drug Abuse, Child Labour

It is not every day that a nine-year-old speaks about how humiliating it is to see her drug-addict mother suffer the consequences of her habit.
“My parents are b...

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Gender

New York Makes History, With Tampons And Pads

New York City made history today with passage of the nation’s first legislative package to ensure access to menstrual products in public schools, shelters and correct...

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Bollywood

Kunal Kapoor And Richa Chadha Are Teaming Up For A Cause

They may not have worked together in a film, but have now joined hands for a cause. Kunal Kapoor and Richa Chadha have decided to raise funds to build a shelter home for gi...

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Hollywood

Stars Attend Best Friends Animal Society Nkla Super Adoption Weekend

Celebrities came out in full force to support Best Friends Animal Society's NKLASuper Adoption Weekend June 4 and 5 at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. Hosted by Best Frien...

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Human Rights

Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without bei...

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Environment

Climate Change Not About Temperature, It's About Dying, Starving, Displaced People

Among the range of physical health impacts, Americans can look forward to a future of more food and water contamination, increased asthma rates, and tenfold jumps in death ...

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Human Rights

India's Tribes And Lower Castes Demand Legal Right To Shelter, Land

For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on l...

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