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UN Rights Chief: No Country Has Achieved Gender Equality

The High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Tuesday stated [press release] that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 4...

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Hollywood

How Did Hollywood’s Big Summer Of Female-Driven Movies Measure Up?

At the start of the summer, Peter wrote an article wondering if 2015 was “the summer Hollywood finally bet big on women.” There were plenty of titles to support...

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Gender

Why Incentive Pay Makes The Gender Gap Worse?

The persistence of a gender gap in wages is shaping the debate over women’s equality in the workplace and underscores the challenge facing policymakers as they consid...

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Bollywood

Kareena Kapoor Turns Producer For Documentary On Women Empowerment.

Kareena Kapoor has become the latest actress to join the actor turned producer bandwagon. According to media reports the actress will be teaming up with an old classmate to...

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Gender

Why Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. More than 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminat...

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Hollywood

Hollywood Should Rewrite Male Roles For Women, Feels Clooney

Los Angeles: Superstar George Clooney thinks many male characters can be re-written for women if people “just start thinking.” Clooney, 54, spoke...

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Bollywood

Women-Centric Films Have Moved From Offbeat To Mainstream: Kangana Ranaut

From her debut with “Gangster – A Love Story” in 2006 to playing effective roles in films like “Fashion”, “Queen” and “Tanu ...

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Top 5

TV's Top 5 That Get It Right

Prime Time showcases a number of shows on premier channels. During the crowded three hour band, a few have had a really long innings and are still going strong. It’s ...

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Festivals

Censored Women's Film Festival coming to D.C.

A collection of previously censored films made by women will be shown in Washington, D.C., in November. The films — part of the Censored Women’s Film Festival &...

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Health

A Baby Box Aims To Save Infant And Maternal Lives

Under a new student-led nonprofit aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality in South Asia, expectant mothers would receive a free box full of newborn essentials like ...

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