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This Chennai NGO Helps Women Who Have Been Victims Of Violence With Counselling, Protection & More

There’s a story that Dr. Prasanna Poornachandra, the founder of The International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC), likes to tell that is equal ...

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Gender

Violence Against Women Hurts The Economy

India is caught in a depressing cycle of lack of empowerment of women and low economic productivity in society There are obviously many reasons to be appalled and sickened ...

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Hollywood

Forest Whitaker Honored For Work In Peacebuilding, Conflict-Resolution

Actor and United Nations agency special envoy Forest Whitaker has been celebrated as a leader in peacebuilding and conflict-resolution, empowering young people in communiti...

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Kaleidoscope

Making Sense Of Chaos

It is clear to every thinking person that our society is in a flux and whenever that happens, the first thing that comes under attack is freedom of expression. More often t...

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Hollywood

Djimon Hounsou Visits Nigeria With Oxfam

Earlier this month, Academy Award-nominated actor and Oxfam Global Ambassador, Djimon Hounsou, visited Nigeria to meet families living in desperate conditions as they face ...

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Gender

A Guide to the Social Factors That Put Transgender Lives at Risk

News coverage of transgender issues frequently includes devastating stories of violence and loss. Every year, we read about trans women who are brutally murdered, or trans ...

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Gender

Speaking Out On Sexism And Violence Through Hip-Hop

UN: Young women are beginning to find their voices around issues such as sexism and violence, including through hip-hop, an art form which has a long tradition of fighting ...

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Beauty & The Beast 'Promotes Domestic Abuse' Claims A Controversial School Lesson Plan

With Emma Watson starring as Belle in Disney’s latest live-action adaptation of a classic animated film, the moral ambiguity of Beauty and the Beast is once again bei...

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Human Rights

India’s Dowry Culture

In virtually every corner of the globe women are denied basic human rights, beaten, raped, and killed by men. This happened yesterday, it is happening right now, and it wil...

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Gender

Medica-Liberia, Community Unite Against Gender Base Violence

Residents and health workers of both King Gray and Cooper Beach Communities say it is time for all Liberians to go beyond condemning the act of SGBV by taking concrete step...

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