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Human Rights

'Will I Ever Get Justice?': Nepal Accused Of Failing Trafficking Survivors

Rights groups claim no one has received compensation since law entitling survivors of human trafficking was introduced a decade ago Rights groups in Nepal say they do not k...

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Human Rights

Lou Reed Song 'Take A Walk On The Wild Side' Accused Of Transphobic Lyrics

Friends and collaborators of the late Lou Reed have reacted with utter disbelief after a student body claimed that his 1972 hit 'Walk on the Wild Side' contained transphobi...

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Sustainable Development

Activists: Tokyo's Sustainable Olympics Is Being Built With Wood From Rainforest's

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics could be using illegally logged tropical wood from indigenous Malaysians’ land to build a billion-dollar wooden sports stadium, human r...

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Environment

Sometimes The Best Way To Make Change Is To Make Trouble

We decided to go to Malta because we were fed up with the inactivity from NGOs about the endless trapping and killing of migratory birds there. We first went four years ago...

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Gender

Staying Home With Your Kids Does Not Make You Anti-Feminist

I was at a dinner party recently where a woman accused me of being anti-feminist. I was really taken aback; I’m a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst and parent gui...

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Hollywood

13 Reasons Why: Does It Really Glamorise Suicide?

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions – and for many, that seems to be the case with Selena Gomez’s new television series, 13 Reasons Why. Cri...

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Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut: Women Shouldn't Be Scared To Come Out And Talk

Actress Kangana Ranaut today refrained from directly commenting on filmmaker Vikas Bahl, who is accused of sexual harassment, but said women should be encouraged to speak u...

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Human Rights

Delhi Molestation: India Not Ready For Sex Offenders Registry, Says Child Rights Lawyer

Independent advocate Anant Asthana specialises in child rights and has over the years represented juveniles in a large number of cases. He works closely with the Juvenile J...

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Gender

Madonna Calling It Like It Is, Tells Us The Sexist Entertainment World Has Rules For Women And None For Men

Madonna smashed the sexist and ageist entertainment industry at the Billboard Women in Music 2016 awards on December 9th. While being honoured as the “Woman of the Ye...

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Hollywood

Socially-conscious children’s films use artistic platform to educate

Hollywood has always been criticized for trying to engineer American society. For example, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accused Brokeback Mountain of advancing a “ra...

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