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Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and M...

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Health

Unintended Second Pregnancies Could Be Avoided

Reuters Health – Most unintended pregnancies within two years of a woman giving birth could have been prevented or postponed if women had access to the long-acting co...

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Trending

Indian Acid Attack Survivor Is New Face Of Fashion Brand

An Indian fashion retail brand has signed up prominent acid attack survivor and campaigner Laxmi Saa to be the face of its new range of designer outfits for women, in a cam...

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Health

In India, Dispensers of Balm Travel To Deaths Door

A white van coursed through narrow roads along the monsoon-soaked coastline of Kerala, a state in southwestern India. Inside, Radha Upasarna, a volunteer, and two nurses lo...

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Gender

2016 Golden Globes Continue The Conversation About Gender Equity In Hollywood

With Ricky Gervais bungling the female-forward punch line just five minutes into his gig as host, the 2016 Golden Globes proved a significant forum to further discussion ab...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, And Beyoncé Top Dosomething.Org’s 2015 Celebs Gone Good List

DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit organization for young people and social change announces its eighth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good recognizes t...

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Bollywood

Shabana Azmi: Male Stars Should Be Sensitised To Stop Pay Disparity

Shabana Azmi feels that gender disparity in payment exists not only in Bollywood but all over the world and male actors should take a lead to end this discrimination. The &...

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Gender

Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ...

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Gender

India Needs To “Save Its Daughters” Through Education And Gender Equality

Women constitute nearly half of the country’s 1.25 billion people and gender equality — whether in politics, economics, education or health — is still a d...

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Health

Rs 16cr Plan To Check Maternal Deaths

Pune: The state government has made a provision of Rs 16 crore to improve services at state-run healthcare centres handling high-risk pregnancies. Delivery room facilities ...

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