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Sonakshi Sinha: Stop Labelling Movies As 'Women Centric'

The 29-year-old actress feels the gender of the protagonist shouldn't determine the kind of film one is making. "I really want people to stop calling it a 'female or women ...

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Hollywood

Julianne Hough Empowers Women To Get In The Know About Endometriosis

AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, has announced that actress, dancer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Julianne Hough is helping to raise awareness about endom...

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TV

Sneha Mathur, A New Role Model

In the early 1990s, at the then nascent MIFF (Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Animation and Short Films), the package from Canada included a public interest ...

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Gender

Letter To The Editor: He For She Campaign Aims To Achieve Gender Equality

I am a 12-year-old girl living in Portland. I have recently found out about the U.N. Women campaign called He For She. He For She is trying to achieve gender equality in th...

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Bollywood

Heroism Is Not About Gender: Taapsee Pannu

After Pink, the film industry is seeing Taapsee Pannu in a new light. She is no longer interested in shining in the reflection of a star. She is happy with her choices and ...

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Gender

Accenture Identifies Three Ways To Close The Gender Pay And Opportunity Gap

New research from Accenture concludes technology can help women advance at work and help close the gender pay gap. The report “Getting to Equal 2017” identifies...

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Festivals

‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ to Open NY Indian Film Festival

Hindi indie “Lipstick Under My Burkha,” which has been banned by the Indian film censor board, is continuing its march through film festivals around the country...

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Health

Superpower Dreams: On How India Must Respond To A Low HDI Rank

India’s rank of 131 among 188 countries on the UNDP’s Human Development Index for 2015 and its ‘medium’ performance pose the uncomfortable question:...

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Hollywood

Graça Machel Trust Launches Women Advancing Africa To Elevate Women's Leadership In African Development

The Graça Machel Trust (GMT) announced today the launch a Pan-African initiative to ‘Multiply the Faces and Amplify the Voices’ of African women as a for...

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Human Rights

Women In India Need Better Access To Contraception: UN Study

Due to a lack of access to information or services, or a lack of support from partners or communities, an estimated 225 million women globally are not using safe and effect...

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