Will Toys Ever Go Beyond Blue and Pink?

Products marketed to children are more divided by gender stereotypes than ever, but the Internet is increasingly offering alternatives to Hot Wheels and Barbies.
Walki...

Immunisation: A Powerful Piece Of The Equality Puzzle

In 2016, girls and women are still more likely to miss out when it comes to the advances of global development: going to school, getting well paid for their work or represe...

Water Building A "Planet 50:50 By 2030"

Today is International Women's Day, and this year's theme is "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality!" The reference to 2030 is about the deadline for the new...

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

Mumbai HPV Vaccine Proven To Dramatically Reduce Infection Among Teenage Girls

Since its introduction in 2006, the HPV vaccine has sharply cut the rate of infection in young women, a new study published on Pediatrics reports.The American Academy of Pe...

Flowing With Rashmi: An Interview With The Director Of The FLO Film Festival

Rashmi Lamba is the Festival Director at the FLO Film Festival, a festival geared towards the empowerment of women. The festival explores positive portrayals of women and g...

Delhi University To Host Three-Day 'Gender Mela'

In a first, the Delhi University is all set to host a three-day 'gender fair' from Thursday, where boys and men will stand shoulder to shoulder with girls and women to ques...

True Review Movie - Hindi - Mastizaade

Cast: Sunny Leone, Tusshar Kapoor, Vir Das, Suresh Menon, Shaad Randhawa

Direction: Milap Zaveri

Produced: Pritish Nandy, Rangita Pritish Nandy

Writ...

Killing Joy With Gender Bias

HYDERABAD: Achyuta Rao, president, Andhra Pradesh Balala Hakkula Sangham (APBSH), was aghast when he saw children fighting over a chocolate. One little boy dismissed a pink...