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Kaleidoscope - From A Child’s Heart

It has been observed that more often than not books for or about kids have a male protagonist.  Two recent books buck that trend and have girls leading-- and very inte...

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Human Rights

In The Family Tree, Women Become Land Owners In India

65 year-old Basi behen* lives in a small village in the Narmada district of west Indian state of Gujarat. Married at 15, for close to five decades, she tilled a small plot ...

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Gender

The Wage Gap: Is Gender Bias The Chicken Or The Egg?

When a field of work traditionally dominated by men is “feminized,” guess what happens. Wages drop! This shows that gender bias is a factor - maybe a big one - ...

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Bollywood

Snapped: Kajol’s Meet With PM Narendra Modi

Actress Kajol met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday regarding Help A Child Reach 5 campaign, which spreads the importance of good hand washing habits around th...

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Health

Group Pioneers Cheap Tricycles To Transport Women In Labour

Despite huge efforts to bring down maternal and infant mortality and the strides already achieved, one new-born child dies every 15 minutes with 30,000 new-born deaths reco...

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Hollywood

Has Celebrity Feminism Failed?

It has become fashionable to identify as a feminist in Hollywood, but a social and political force needs substance, not just award-ceremony speeches, to refocus the spotlig...

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Festivals

Indian Short Film ‘Beti’ At Seattle Film Festival

“Beti”, a non-fiction short film on girl child education, made by young student filmmakers of the city, has been invited for a special screening at the 42nd Sea...

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Human Rights

A First For The Country, Maharashtra Bans Social Boycott Ordered By The Khaps

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to ban village councils from imposing social boycotts. In the majority of cases, it is women and people from lower cla...

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Human Rights

The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these...

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Hollywood

#StarringJohnCho: Fed Up With Hollywood’s Whitewashing, One Photoshop Guru Is Recreating Movie Posters.

Frustrations over a lack of diversity in the 2015 Academy Awards nominations birthed the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. It took over social media and has dominated Oscars coverage...

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