Lady Gaga And Governor Cuomo Fight Sexual Assault On College Campuses.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has teamed up with Lady Gaga to write an op-ed in Billboard pushing for legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses. “We a...

Gender Equality and Earth’s Future

Twenty years ago, the adoption by 189 governments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action marked a turning point in the history of women’s rights. This pro...

Assam’s rural health practitioners face uncertain future

In mid-February, rural health practitioners of Assam sat on a three-day protest in Guwahati, demanding assured career and regular jobs. This follows a high court order, whi...

Women’s empowerment in UP bleak

Gender equity and the status of women remain the hand-maiden of callous politics in India’s largest state by population and 2014 has been deplorably stark. The &lsquo...

Thora Birch Speaks Out Against Cruel Cosmetics Tests On Animals

Actress Thora Birch has joined Cruelty Free International in calling for an end to animal testing in the American beauty industry. “It is a shame that in the United S...

Thora Birch Speaks Out Against Cruel Cosmetics Tests On Animals

Actress Thora Birch has joined Cruelty Free International in calling for an end to animal testing in the American beauty industry. “It is a shame that in the United S...

Peter Dinklage Wants The Trade Of Ivory Banned In New York

Actor and New York resident Peter Dinklage released the following statement urging state lawmakers to ban the trade of ivory in New York: “I recently learned from my ...

Theatre Of The Administration Of The Agitators

There’s a sort of sinister tone to the times we are living in and experiencing as each day unfolds and takes us closer to an impending political circus which has comm...

HUMANITARIANISM – THE METAPHOR FOR PROGRESS IN 2014

You have no need to go anywhere. Journey into yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendour of your own light – Rumi

As curtains fall on 2013, l...