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Three Amazing Women From Delhi’s Urban Slums Are Breaking Gender Stereotypes, One Job At A Time

As one walks inside the narrow lanes of Khirki Gao in South Delhi, one encounters women of different age groups doing their household chores. Some of these women work in ne...

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Gender

Girls Start Doubting Their Own Brilliance As Young As 6, Researchers Say

Young girls are less likely to think they’re “really, really smart” compared to their male counterparts as early as the age of 6, according to a new study...

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Gender

5 Ways Media Hurts Female Politicians

What do we see when we look closely at media coverage of female politicians and political candidates? Headlines from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign are indic...

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Sustainable Development

The Story Of The Bose Wave, The Stereo System Built For The Infomercial Era

Odds are that sometime in the last couple of decades or so, someone in your group of friends or family has received a snazzy countertop radio from a loved one.But it wasn&r...

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Bollywood

Embarrassing That Bollywood Puts Women In A Stereotype: Dia Mirza

Actor-producer Dia Mirza feels there is a need to redefine the concept of perfection in the film industry when it comes to female stars. The Love Breakups Zindagi star shar...

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Health

World AIDS Day 2016: 10 myths and stereotypes busted

There are many myths and incorrect social ideas that surround HIV and AIDS. People often even assume that the two are the same, which is definitely not the case. Myths rega...

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Bollywood

Vidya Balan Admires Gender Neutrality In Cinema

Vidya Balan has a special admiration for directors, who do not carry the baggage of gender stereotypes in their films. A case in point being Sujoy Ghosh, whose latest outin...

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Gender

Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make For Better Students

Last week, two researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH) presented a study that suggests gender-neutral course literature help...

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Gender

Emma Watson: Speaking Out About Feminism Opened A 'Pandora's Box' Of Threats And Criticism, Actress Reveals

The last two years have been a baptism of fire to say the least, I learned just how little I know and also how much. It was my scary first step as an activist, a word I nev...

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Festivals

London Indian Film Festival To Showcase Issue-Based Movies

The seventh Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival will be seen challenging stereotypes of India and South Asia, and will wrestle with some very hard issues. The Indi...

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