Who is Teesta Setalvad?

She’s simple, strong and she talks straight. She’s also one of the very few among us, who remains c...

Aid workers harassed, threatened and arrested in Iraq

A Human Rights Watch report revealed that aid workers in Iraq are being harassed and detained by members of the local authority in Nineveh prov...

Short stories that will make your day

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” – Rachel Anders.

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Morocco’s Women of Strength

Life is not easy for women living in the Atlas Mountains of central Morocco. Being a home to Amazigh population, their culture and language gai...

The Himalayan Superwomen: Midwives of Pakistan act as Life-savers

In Pakistan, for every 100,000 babies born, some 260 women die during childbirth. The country is one of 11 countries that comprised 65 per...

Citizens can help reduce India’s Carbon Footprint

According to a report produced to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), it is told that India has managed to redu...

Kids from 71 Countries participate in the ‘Kids for Human Rights’ Drawing Contest

Marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, more than 17,000 children from around the glob...

An Entire Sudanese Village comes together to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non...

Agricultural Workers are the World’s Hungriest, says UN Expert

“Agricultural workers are among the worlds most hungry and are largely excluded from national legal protective frameworks”, the UN ...