HIV patients find tough to file for pensions

Government yet to make necessary changes in the website for uploading their applications. The HIV positive people and vulnerable tribal groups have appealed to the State go...

Danny Glover: Ferguson Part of Historic Violence Against Black Men

Danny Glover is addressing ongoing protests over the deaths of African American men at the hands of police officers.

“The only thing that I think is important...

How can India end this tide of violence against women?

Despite rising levels of education, gender awareness and stringent pro-women laws, change has been slow and violence against women is increasing The rape of a young woman b...

John Legend Takes Part In Amnesty International Write For Rights Campaign

Amnesty International recently released a new video from award winning artist John Legend as part of its Write for Rights campaign. The campaign is the world’s larges...

Women?s empowerment key to ending violence

DOREEN NAWA, Lusaka UNDER the banner “Peace begins at home: End violence, empower women” Gender Links is calling for a radical shift in approaches to ending vio...

Suicide Rates Among Indian Youth Highest in the World

Suicide rates among Indians age 15-29 are the highest in the world, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The most recent numbers available...

Crisis centre for women in distress in West Bengal

It was beyond midnight when an official of West Bengal Commission for Women got a call from a Salt Lake resident, asking him to rescue an elderly woman who was pushed out o...

Mary Lambert Performs At UN On Human Rights Day

Mary Lambert performed this week at the United Nations HQ for Human Rights Day The theme of the event was “Love Is A Family Value” highlighting the fact that LO...

Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK

Dear Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Anil Ambani, I am writing to YOU specifically because you are the most po...