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Earth Hour: Millions Will Switch Off Lights Around The World For Climate Action

Annual switching off ?lights in homes, businesses and landmarks holds extra significance ahead of this year?s climate talks in Paris, says the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-...

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International Women Leaders Discuss Women’s Equality And Leadership At Barnard College

Last week, Barnard College and President Debora L. Spar hosted Queen Noor of Jordan, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee, CARE USA CEO Helene Gayle, President of Goldman...

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Sustainable Development

Water for sustainable development

In the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (Rio+20), water has been recognised as the key to achieving sustainable development as it is closely lin...

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UN Women’s New Goodwill Ambassador is Male

Why a pop culture sensation is now representing women’s rights at the United Nations For Bollywood aficionados, the name Farhan Akhtar is synonymous with super stardo...

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Hollywood

Geena Davis Warns 700 Years Needed To Reach Gender Parity In Kids? Media

Actress Geena Davis last week told a standing-room only event on gender and the media at the United Nations that the paucity of female characters in entertainment media for...

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Health

When women thrive, the world thrives

This week India’s leadership will play a key role in defining the security of the world’s fundamental economic and social resource in the 21st century: Its demo...

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Environment

The Immorality of Coal

Momentum seems to be building for a global deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this December. With this sense of optimism comes a keen awareness t...

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Sustainable Development

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

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Sustainable Development

India Hits Its U.N. Poverty-Cutting Target, but Misses Others

India is on track to cut poverty in half by the end of this year, compared to 2000 levels, but needs to do more to improve education and empower women, a United Nations rep...

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Sustainable Development

A story of drinkers, genocide and unborn girls – Why Men on Earth Outnumber Women by 60 million –

Left to nature alone, the population on earth would be give or take 50% men and 50% women, according to what’s become known as Fisher’s Principle. The fact that...

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