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...

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

Hillary Clinton And Melinda Gates Launch No Ceilings Full Participation Report

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Gates Foundation Co-Chair Melinda Gates and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton joined global and community leaders for...

India has joined the climate change challenge: John Kerry

India has joined the climate change challenge, US Secretary of State John Kerry today said as he praised Indian efforts to combat the growing menace. ?During President Obam...

Celebrities To Take Part In March For Gender Equality In NYC

Actor Paul Bettany and actresses AnnaLynne McCordand Kelly Rutherford will join women’s rights leaders and activists for a March For Gender Equality on March 8 in NYC...

2 day literature carnival Lit o Fest bids goodbye

~ Eclectic mix of personalities such as Gulzar saab, Hariharan, Dr Jaspinder Narula, Radhakrishnan Pillai and many others soak in the infectious vibe ~

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Most Americans see combating climate change as a moral duty

A significant majority of Americans say combating climate change is a moral issue that obligates them ? and world leaders - to reduce carbon emissions, a Reuters/IPSOS poll...

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...

Climate change is not just an environmental issue

Ed Miliband

Tackling global warming is not just a global responsibility, argues the leader of the Labour party, it?s an economic necessity for Britain he general ...