Actionaid India's #Actequal Films Reinforce Theme Of Gender Equality

ActionAid India has come up with a new digital campaign on gender equality called #ActEqual. The campaign has three short one-minute films addressing different gender issue...

Sonam Kapoor Lauds Celebration Of ‘Women Of Worth’

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who as L’Oreal Paris brand ambassador on Monday unveiled the trophy, introduced the jury and announced the categories and the nominees for the W...

In Pictures: Venus And Mars Rule Together At The Gender Mela

At the 3-day Gender Mela held at Miranda House college organised by MenEngage Delhi and the One Billion Rising Campaign with support from women and community groups was att...

First-Of-Its-Kind Blog Series Spreads Message Of Hope For Women With Postpartum Depression

More common than diabetes during pregnancy, depression affects one in seven women who are pregnant or have recently had a baby. The often unrecognized and unmet mental heal...

Women Considered Better Coders – But Only If They Hide Their Gender

When a group of computer science students decided to study the way that gender bias plays out in software development communities, they assumed that coders would be prejudi...

Berlin: Meryl Streep On Director Gender GapBerlin: Meryl Streep On Director Gender Gap: "We Need 40- To 50-Year-Old White Males To Be Interested"

Meryl Streep said Hollywood is giving female directors more opportunities to tell their own stories — and the green light is coming from younger decision-makers, not ...

Democracy's Dirty Word

- Is politics overtaking India's inherent humanism?

Why have we become so intolerant of the term "intolerance"? Crisscr...

A Solar Suitcase Reduces Maternal Mortality Rates

In an age where hundreds of women still die every day in childbirth, light can provide a genuine lifeline. A pioneering solar project is delivering hope to doctors, midwive...

Interview: Kathryn Kolbert And Melissa Silverstein, Founders Of The Athena Film Festival

The 6th Annual Athena Film Festival, a festival to highlight works by women filmmakers and stories about women, is next week at Barnard. I got a chance to talk on the phone...