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Geena Davis: Kudos To Jennifer Lawrence, But Women In Hollywood Have A Long Way To Go.

The Oscar-winning actress, who runs the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, writes about how women’s representation in Hollywood has remained static since 1946....

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Gender

Overcoming Culture: Can India Eliminate Gender Violence?

Just over a month ago on September 25th, the 193 member countries of the United Nations voted on and approved the new 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the hop...

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Hollywood

Gender Swaps: The Hollywood Films And TV Shows Swapping Male For Female Leads

An all-female Ghostbusters sequel was first revealed in January. Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel – Ghostbusters II in 1989 – both starred an all-male cast of...

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Bollywood

JIO MAMI 2015: Kangana Ranaut, Vidya Balan And Shabana Azmi Discuss Women's Role In Cinema.

On Tuesday, November 3rd, Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival brought together distinguished women from Indian and international cinema for an unique panel discussion about ...

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Gender

India To Review Personal Laws For Muslims ‘To Rectify Gender Biases’

India’s supreme court has announced that it will review the country’s personal law code for Muslims, in what it says is an attempt to rectify any biases against...

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Bollywood

Bollywood Actresses To Discuss Pay Disparity At Mami

Among other power women of Bollywood, Vidya Balan and Kangana Ranaut to raise her voice against gender-based pay gap in the industry, a topic often brushed under the carpet...

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Gender

Supreme Court Sets 2005 Cut-Off On Women Right To Ancestral Property

The court said the father would have had to be alive on September 9, 2005, if the daughter were to become a co-sharer with her male siblings. In a ruling that will restrict...

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Gender

How Street Plays & Theatre Are Raising The Curtain On Violence Against Women In UP

Domestic violence, sexual harassment and dowry cases are not really news in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. But a few compassionate activists and organizations are taking...

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Gender

The Ethics Of Commercial Surrogacy: Gender Inequality Arguments

This is a follow-up to the previous post on Debra Satz’s analysis of commercial surrogacy. In that post, I reviewed three classic objections to surrogacy and presente...

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Health

Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

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