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One In Five Believe Women Inferior To Men: Global Survey

One in five people around the world believe women are inferior to men and should stay at home, and that men are more capable in the workplace and at school, according to a ...

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Human Rights

Not So Accessible After All

Irony: a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result. Now that we have the definition of irony ...

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Human Rights

Exclusive: Melinda Gates On The Power Of Women Coming Together

When women come together, change happens. I think I’ve always known this intuitively, but I really started paying attention 15 years ago, when I visited a village in ...

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Hollywood

Katy Perry To Be Honored By Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, has announced that global pop i...

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Human Rights

INTERVIEW-India honors former child maid who saved hundreds others

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 21-year-old Indian woman, trafficked and enslaved as a child maid, was given a "Women Power" award by the president on W...

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Human Rights

Child Labor Rising Sharply In India's Cities, Report Says

Urban India is employing an increasing number of children — many under 9 years old — in producing everything from pickles to fireworks, working in tourism and l...

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Festivals

2nd Edition Of ACT Human Rights Film Festival Set For April 14-21

The second edition of the ACT Human Rights Film Festival opens Friday, April 14, at CSU’s Lory Student Center Theater. The weeklong festival features the most critica...

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11 Landmark Judgments By The Indian Supreme Court In Recent Times

On the 15th of April, 2014, the Supreme Court of India (in an unexpected show of decency) decided to recognise the transgender community as a third gender, availing them of...

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Human Rights

Iceland Becomes First Country In The World To Require Gender Pay Equality

Yesterday, Iceland became the first country in the world to introduce mandatory equal pay. On International Women’s Day, the Nordic nation announced their plans to fo...

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Hollywood

Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon And More Stars Join Tory Burch's #EmbraceAmbition Movement for International Women's Day

“Be persistent.” “Don’t apologize.” “Never give up on your hopes and dreams.” These are the calls to action made in the empowering...

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