Freida Pinto Turns Producer For Women Empowerment Shows And Films

Freida Pinto is a renowned social activist who essentially works towards the development of women and the actress has taken yet another step in this direction. Freida along...

Malnutrition, Alcoholism In Tribal Madhya Pradesh Get Baneebai Cure

At first glance, her profile hardly looks newsworthy — a young woman of the poor Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh; a high school dropout.But BaneebaiNingwal has the re...

Epix’s ‘The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem’ Docu-Series To Debut On Intl. Women’s Day – Sundance

Based on research conducted by USC Annenberg Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative, The 4% is broken up into 6-short documentaries, each about five minutes long, th...

VEER & NCPEDP Celebrate World Disability Day With ‘Walk To Freedom’

How Far Have Women's Rights Advanced In The Past 20 Years?

Extreme poverty won’t end until gender inequality ends. That’s the unavoidable reality. The continued oppression of women around the world generates t...

Poor Healthcare Could Stunt India’s Growth

I come from a place in India where many people prefer to visit a traditional healer or a god-man when they fall ill. You may argue that people are uneducated or ignorant, b...

Is Economic Policy Sexist?

Despite nearly 50 years of policy effort, the UK is still a long way from eradicating gender inequality. There has been progress on many fronts, but women are still far fro...

Are Quotas The Way To Get Women To The Top?

As a young, ambitious British lawyer, Cherie Blair was firmly against imposing quotas to help advance women’s careers but 30 years later she is happy to admit she was...

Why Age Discrimination Is Worse For Women

It’s something that’s started to get on peoples’ nerves in pop culture: Hollywood seems totally open to older male actors, but aside from the Helen Mirren...