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Inequality Front-And-Center At Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Documentaries and narrative features illuminating women's rights, gender equality and LGBTQ issues, environmental activism, and the violence of urban gangs and drug cartels...

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Hollywood

Joss Whedon Just Made A Perfect Point About Mansplaining That Every Guy Needs to Hear

Patricia Arquette's 2014 Oscars speech may have cemented her as Hollywood's public face for gender equality, but it's the work she's done since that has the poten...

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Gender

Geena Davis On Why Hollywood Is At A Turning Point In Gender Equality

At Fast Company's FCLA event, the actor and activist discussed Hollywood's gender influence, how far equality still has to go, and more.
In 2005, Oscar-winning actres...

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Gender

An Artist, An Athlete And A Diplomat Fight For Gender Equality

UNITED NATIONS—
What do World Cup champion Abby Wambach, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel, and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Lakshmi ...

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Gender

Women’s Gender Equality, Economic Autonomy To Be Promoted In The Region

The 37th Assembly of Delegates of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the OAS ended in Lima with a call to countries in the region to promote equality and econo...

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Gender

Victorian Women Lawyers Talk Gender Equality At Networking Event In Bendigo

Guest speaker Marika McMahon said at a Victorian Women Lawyers networking event in Bendigo on Friday there were two key challenges for women practicing law in regional area...

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Trending

Mexico's President Calls For Nationwide Legalization Of Same-Sex Marriage

Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has called for the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, announcing that he had signed initiatives proposing th...

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Gender

Princess Mary Of Denmark Makes Impassioned Plea To Close The Gender Gap

Princess Mary of Denmark has made an impassioned plea for governments and society to do more to achieve gender equality in a speech to open a major conference on women's ri...

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Gender

School Praised For Installing Gender Neutral Toilet To Include Trans 6-Year-Old

A school in Auckland, New Zealand has been praised for installing a gender-neutral toilet to help a 6-year-old trans kid feel accepted.The Board of Trustees at the school g...

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Human Rights

A First For The Country, Maharashtra Bans Social Boycott Ordered By The Khaps

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to ban village councils from imposing social boycotts. In the majority of cases, it is women and people from lower cla...

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