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Working Women Cause Of Unemployment, Says Chhattisgarh School Textbook

Amid a union minister recently stoking a row saying that girls wanting a night out is not acceptable in India, BJP ruled Chhattisgarh has went a step further with its class...

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Gender

How Can We Encourage Girls To Study Computer Science?

Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have? Chances ar...

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Environment

The World Has A Doomsday Seed Vault In The Arctic, And It Just Saw A Withdrawal

But the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is anything but fiction. And if its Norse god-like name didn't already imbue it with a sense of importance, its purpose will - it's meant...

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Sustainable Development

India Can Be More Influential & Successful Than It Is Today, Says Rajan

India can be far more successful and far more influential than it is today, according to Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Rajan said this while delive...

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Gender

Gender Inequality Discussion Strikes Nerve

I never understood how oblivious some people are to gender inequality until I began my Women in Western Philosophy class. The majority of our class consists of women, as on...

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Hollywood

Jennifer Lopez Named As Un Foundation Global Advocate For Girls And Women

Today, the United Nations Foundation announced Jennifer Lopez as the first-ever Global Advocate for Girls and Women at the UN Foundation. In this new ro...

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Gender

Gender Affects Awarding Of Research Funding

Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are ...

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Gender

Gender Inequality In The Workplace Is Men’s Work Too

If you are a man in the workplace in 2015, you are probably disturbed by what you read about the second-class status of women in many businesses, and even more troubled by ...

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Gender

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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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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