11 Ways To Close The Gender Gap In Financial Inclusion.

How can NGOs, the private sector and policymakers accelerate women’s economic empowerment? Our panel share their thoughts

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In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease

In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who sur...

If You Can See It, You Can Be It

‘If you see it, you can be it’ could have been the unofficial slogan of the International Development Cooperation meeting on Gender and Media, where I was invit...

Exclusive: Ta'Rhonda Jones Talks Being A Voice For Youth And Girl Empowerment

Last Thursday, Ta’Rhonda Jones, star of FOX’s hit showEmpire, was honored in Chicago at the nationally syndicated radio show Cafe Mocha’s Salute Her Tour ...

Deepika Padukone As Bhansali’s Mastani Is A True Role Model For Gender Equality

Perhaps one of the most glaring, disturbing symbols of the regressive patriarchy inherent in our traditions is our treatment of the Indian widow. She has been forced to end...

Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...

How Nirbhaya Rape Case Points To India's Deep-Rooted Problem With Women

New Delhi (CNN) There’s crime and then there’s evil, pure and simple. By any standards, the events of December 12, 2012 can only be described as evil — th...

Women of 2015: Deepika Padukone

India’s leading lady, who has spent 2015 defying convention, on breaking the Bollywood mould and why she spoke out on depression Deepika Padukone isn’t your tra...

Bollywood Actresses Who Made Impact In 2015: Special

Just like last year, 2015 too witnessed some striking performances from our female actors proving that women too can uphold a film on their shoulders. This has changed the ...