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Gender

How An Indian Innovator Reverse-Engineered The Making Of Sanitary Pads

Arunachalam Muruganantham had seen the mysterious bloodstained rags before, left discreetly in a corner of his family’s thatched outdoor bathroom. As a teenager growi...

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Human Rights

In 2016, Hindi Literature Became The Voice Of the Marginalised

Who reads Hindi literature these days? And who writes it? For a language rightly claiming to be spoken by more than 400 million people, such questions seem astonishing. But...

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Alternative Entertainment

From Sidewalk To Catwalk

The documentary-maker tells her friend, actress and writer Margo Stilley, how the Young and Homeless Helpline will be there for those who – like she once did – ...

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Health

Technology Trends To Watch In Women’s Health

The past year was not a great one for women’s health technology. First there was the Bluetooth-enabled “smart tampon” that raised eyebrows with its clunky...

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Human Rights

Ashoka's Bill Drayton: Every Child Needs To Be A Changemaker

Everyone can be a changemaker and it is never too early too start. That is the premise that global non-profit Ashoka says is behind its new LeadYoung initiative, which seek...

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Health

Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want A Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...

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Human Rights

Children And Families Should Never Be In Immigration Detention – UN Experts

Governments should stop placing children and families in immigration detention, a group of UN human rights experts* has said in a call to mark International Migrants’...

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Bollywood

Madhuri Dixit Adds Star Power To AIF’s Women-Child Health Care Symposium

The American India Foundation partnered with Stanford Medicine to host a symposium on maternal and child health care in India Oct. 14, an event which saw a string of high-p...

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Festivals

Film Festival Directors Discuss State of Cinema

Would you say that the state of international film is healthy and on the rise?
Barbera: The U.S. is still the leading film industry and biggest market, but it’s ...

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Sustainable Development

'Swarm Electrification' in Bangladesh Lets Neighbours Swap Solar Electricity

Ten households in Shakimali Matborkandi, a village in the Shariatpur district of Bangladesh, have seen a dramatic change over the past year in the way they light their home...

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