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Doosra Chasma: A Travelling Film Festival To Galvanize Gender Parity

The festival comes out of the commitment of the NGO Population First to work for gender parity and acknowledges the power of the moving image in aiding the same. a Pakistan...

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Environment

Almost Half Of The World's Ocean Life Has Died Off Since 1970

According to the World Wide Fund for Nature's 2015 Living Blue Planet report, since 1970, Earth has lost a whopping 49 percent of global marine animal species. For their in...

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Gender

Sheryl Sandberg: When Women Get Stuck, Corporate America Gets Stuck

Using the talents of our full population is critical, writes Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg At the current pace of progress, we are more than 100 years away from gender eq...

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Gender

Is There A Gender Gap In Media Reporting On Climate Change?

From extreme weather events to water shortages, reduced harvests, and increased spread of infectious diseases, climate change can affect human life in countless ways. Clima...

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Environment

Is There A Gender Gap In Media Reporting On Climate Change?

From extreme weather events to water shortages, reduced harvests, and increased spread of infectious diseases, climate change can affect human life in countless ways. Clima...

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Health

The United Nations Must Acknowledge That Mental Health Is A Development Goal

Around the world, some of the “treatments” for mental illness include being chained, isolated in a prison cell and physically abused. These human rights violati...

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Environment

Climate Change Is Increasing ER Visits For Diseases And Injuries Unrelated To Heat

People of all ages -?not just the elderly -?are more at risk of death and emergency room visits as the earth warms, a recent study has found. The?study, published this mont...

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Sustainable Development

HDFC Changing Rural Banking In India Forever

In remote villages and deep hinterland of India, installing and  maintaining an ATM machine is a huge challenge. But banking needs to be spread and rural population ar...

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Thought Factory

Top 5 New Media/Web Platforms For Change

I recently read an article by Sean Parker, the founder president of Facebook and the man behind the revolutionary Napster,that took the music world by storm, speaking about...

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Health

Domestic Violence Affects Maternal And Child Health: Study

A recent research has established the link between domestic violence and pregnancy complications. The study, conducted in 225 villages across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh,...

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