Transgender Community hopes for a brighter future in 2018

The transgender community is incredibly diverse. Some transgender people identify as male or female, and some identity as genderqueer, non-b...

Kumbh Mela named Intangible Cultural Heritage By UNESCO

Kumbh Mela has been recognized by the UNESCO as an “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” for being the world’s larges...

Sweekar: The Rainbow Parents’ of LGBTQ Children form a Support Group in Mumbai

The second meeting of the Parents Support Group was held recently in Mumbai with even greater participation of parents of LGBTQ children. The daylong meeting was attended b...

Labour Laws for Children

Human Rights Watch published a dispatch last Wednesday, reporting the establishing of a new policy, that prohibits children under the age of 18 from working with green toba...

Stopping the Red-Light District

Prostitution, called the oldest profession in the world is making new news today as questions regarding its moral, ethical and legal issues are being debated over.

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Nepal sets example on acceptance of Gender Diversity. Will India follow?

Nepal sets example on acceptance of Gender Diversity. Will India follow?A 40-year-old has made history, becoming Nepal's first transgender person to be issued with a marria...

Protecting Women’s Reproductive Health can help Tackle Economic Inequality

Protecting Women’s Reproductive Health can help Tackle Economic Inequality

Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr Natalia Kanem s...

Rape as a Weapon of Destruction

Rape and sexual slavery are actively being used as means of warfare in Central African Republic, with armed forces on both sides guilty of it.

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