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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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Bollywood

Radhika Apte: India Ashamed Of Sexuality, Physicality

Actress Radhika Apte, who has often been under the scanner for her 'bold' approach in her films, said anything remotely associated with human body can turn out to be a prob...

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Gender

Business Leaders Are Failing To Take The Gender Pay Gap Seriously: Survey

The problem of the pay gap between men and women is likely to persist, as a significant proportion of business leaders do not see it as an issue, according to survey result...

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Bollywood

It's Very Sad Thing That Women's Needs To Learn Self Defence Nowadays, Feels Akshay Kumar

Bollywood's Khiladi Akshay Kumar, who will next be seen in the upcoming film 'Naam Shabana' wants women to roam freely rather than to learn self defence these days. Actor A...

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