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Human Rights

UN Makes History On Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

The United Nations Human Rights Council, in a defining vote, adopted a resolution on June 30, 2016, on “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual...

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Human Rights

Can India Benefit From A Human Rights Framework For Business?

On 26 June 2014, the government made a commitment at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), when it voted in favour of a resolution to establish an open-ended int...

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Human Rights

Discrimination Runs Deep In India: It's Time To Accept It

It was accepting that enslaving another human being is callous that led to the abolishment of the Atlantic slave trade. But it took nearly four centuries to get there. It w...

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Gender

Canada's National Anthem May Become Gender -Neutral

A vote is set to take place today on whether to change the English version of Canada's national anthem, "O Canada," to remove a reference to "sons" and replace it with gend...

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Gender

The First Transgender Politician Was Just Elected To Congress In Philippines

Geraldine Roman made history this week as she became the first transgender politician to be elected to public office in the Philippines.
"The politics of bigotry, hatr...

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Bollywood

If You Don't Vote, You Have No Right ToComplain On Social Media: Shah Rukh Khan

CHENNAI: Taking three months off from acting, Bollywood's baadshah Shah Rukh Khan has been spending five hours a day exercising. But exercising the right to vote, was all h...

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Human Rights

After Decades Of Near Statelessness, Thousands Of Indians Will Vote For The First Time Ever

They were virtually stateless for decades, until a deal last year
When the Indian state of West Bengal goes to the polls this week, thousands of people will be able to...

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Gender

Harriet Tubman Is The New Face Of The $20 Bill

If you’ve got any $20 bills with Andrew Jackson’s face on them sitting in your wallet you might want to get them framed, because as of this morning they are a c...

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Gender

Inside Pakistan's Gender-Fluid Hijra Community

In conservative Pakistan, where religious extremists wage continuous battles against the government in the name of a strict interpretation of Islam, male cross-dressers, tr...

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Hollywood

Kristen Stewart Birthday Project To Benefit Lange Foundation Animal Rescue

The Los Angeles based animal rescue organization, theLange Foundation, is proud to be selected as the 2016 beneficiary of the Kristen Stewart Birthday Project. The Lange Fo...

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