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Owning Property Empowers Women In Unique Ways”: An Interview With Bina Agarwal

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this, she was the Director and Professor of Economics at ...

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Health

Their Voice Matters: Addressing Child, Early And Forced Marriage

“It is considered normal for a girl to drop out of school, to not go out of the house to meet her friends, to not play, to get married early, to have children and to ...

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Hollywood

Viola Davis Feels TV Lies About Women

Actress Viola Davis says TV lies about women and never shows females of a certain age or size as sexy. “We’ve been fed a whole slew of lies about women. If you ...

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Percentage of Female Directors Unchanged Despite ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ (Study)

Female directors such as “Pitch Perfect 2’s” Elizabeth Banks and “Fifty Shades of Grey’s” Sam Taylor-Johnson scored at the box office la...

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Gender

Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and M...

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Health

Unintended Second Pregnancies Could Be Avoided

Reuters Health – Most unintended pregnancies within two years of a woman giving birth could have been prevented or postponed if women had access to the long-acting co...

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Health

In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel To Deaths Door

A white van coursed through narrow roads along the monsoon-soaked coastline of Kerala, a state in southwestern India. Inside, Radha Upasarna, a volunteer, and two nurses lo...

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Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, And Beyoncé Top Dosomething.Org’s 2015 Celebs Gone Good List

DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit organization for young people and social change announces its eighth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good recognizes t...

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Gender

Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ...

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Health

Rs 16cr Plan To Check Maternal Deaths

Pune: The state government has made a provision of Rs 16 crore to improve services at state-run healthcare centres handling high-risk pregnancies. Delivery room facilities ...

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