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Kangaroo mother care

This video describes the method of skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn as a low-cost alternative to conventional clinical approach for the care of low-bir...

Countdown To Leeds Young Film Festival 2016

The line-up features more than a week of international films, animations, workshops and master classes across the city from Thursday.
The festival will be led by the n...

How Female Artistes Are Turbocharging Their Live Shows

Record an album. Take it on tour, faithfully performing singles and favourites interspersed with old hits. Sell records. Repeat. That’s the basic formula.
But, i...

Picture This . . . Film Festival Offers Fresh, International Look At Those With Disabilities

Yes, it is an international disability film festival — the first one in Canada — but the films presented are not grim. Or depressing. Or preachy.
“We...

Chennai And All That Jazz

In the midst of a stage crammed with the usual musical paraphernalia, singers and instruments, aspiring musician and student ManickVennimalai is something of a lone wolf. T...

Women Shouldn't Be Burdened By Expectations: Aditi Rao Hydari

Actress AditiRaoHydari feels women should follow their heart and not conform to the expectations of the society. The 29-year-old “Wazir” star has shot for an on...

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...

Time Poverty And The World's Childcare Crisis

My colleague Thalia Kidder is a feminist economist who’s been working for years to try and get the ‘care economy’ onto the development agenda. It’s ...