Search Result

Search Result
Festivals

Cannes 2017 Features 12 Films By Female Directors, Up By 9

The line-up for the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival 2017 has been announced, unveiling a notable rise in female directors making the list. A total of twelve will ha...

Read More
Hollywood

Four Successful Female Directors On Gender Disparity In Hollywood

Most women directors don’t like to talk about gender. They’d rather just get on with their work. “I never think of myself as just being a female director,...

Read More
Gender

How Can You Help Get More Women Enter India's Music Industry?

Like almost any other industry in India, it comes as no surprise that barriers to women’s entry into the Music industry are sky high. For those wanting to be producer...

Read More
Health

Beyond Sterilisation: The Need For Sex Education And Contraceptives In India

For decades, India has put controversial sterilisation drives at the heart of its efforts to combat population growth. But last year, the country’s top court ordered ...

Read More
Gender

Women's Bodies Go Uncensored

Images of women aren’t hard to find, but images of women honestly expressing their womanhood can be. Stiff poses meant to elicit desire or project docility crowd maga...

Read More
Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan Makes An Important Point About Rape Victim-Blaming, In TV Show

In a two-minute prologue to TV show Kya Qusoor Hai Amla Ka, Amitabh Bachchan poses some hard-hitting questions to society. "Rape sirf rapist hi nahin karta. Hum jaise log b...

Read More
Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival 2017: Women to Support At Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) will take place  today and will take place April 19 – 30, 2017 in New York City.  It is one of the largest and most diverse film...

Read More
Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut: Women Shouldn't Be Scared To Come Out And Talk

Actress Kangana Ranaut today refrained from directly commenting on filmmaker Vikas Bahl, who is accused of sexual harassment, but said women should be encouraged to speak u...

Read More
Gender

Why They Are Called To Action?

This week at the eighth annual Women in the World Summit, led by the journalist Tina Brown, activists will talk about the experiences that ignited their sense of purpose. H...

Read More
Bollywood

10 Of The Most Interesting Female Directors In South Asia

With every international film festival held, the question gets more pressing. Where are the female directors? Numerous studies on the representation of women in film keep s...

Read More