The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these...

IN PHOTOS: THE LARGEST BURNING OF IVORY IN HISTORY

Kenya torched 105 tons of ivory worth an estimated $105 million over the weekend in a bid to highlight the impact of poaching. Eleven piles of ivory, representing the tusks...

Married At 14, Abandoned By 15: The Forgotten Girls Of Dhaka

More than half of girls in Bangladesh marry before they are 18, exposing them to abuse. But if their husbands abandon them, it can offer a route to freedom On the northern ...

One In One Thousand: Paste At The 2016 Florida Film Festival

Nestled into the urban sprawl that is the Greater Orlando area is a gem of a movie theater calledthe Enzian. For over 30 years, this member-supported nonprofit has provided...

True Review Movie - Nil Battey Sannata

Cast: Swara Bhaskar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Pankaj Tripathi, Riya Shukla

Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari

Produced: JAR Pictures, Colour Yellow

Writer: Ala...

These Cannabis Growing Nuns Answer To A Higher Power

When photographers Shaughn Crawford and John DuBois heard about two feminist nuns growing cannabis, they knew they wanted to get it on camera. The photographers tracked dow...

Panama Film Festival Revs Up Primera Mirada

One of the core goals of IFF Panama when it was founded in 2012 was to provide a new window and international launch-pad for films from Panama and the rest of Cen...

Family Planning Is Critical For Our Nation’s Economic Development

India launched the world’s first National Family Planning Programme way back in 1952 and has been consistently working towards improving health and reducing fertility...

Neuroscientists Hack The Brain's Circuitry For Winning And Losing

We may be programmed in such ways as to predispose us toward "winning" or "losing," according to research published this week in Science by neuroscientists at the RIKEN Bra...