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Sweden To Modernize Law On Changing Gender

At present Swedish law states that transgender people must go through a medical procedure before they can have their gender change legally recognized, but the government no...

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Thought Factory

Women and Work

“Historic imbalances in power relations between men and women, exacerbated by growing inequalities within and between societies and countries, are leading to greater ...

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Gender

The Gender Identity Crisis for Today’s Children

It’s been almost a year since I wrote about the issue of transgender students and bathrooms in schools, and it is time to revisit the subject. One week ago, the Trump...

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Festivals

Miami Film Festival Shines A Spotlight On Haiti

When filmmaker Owsley Brown set out to explore Haitian identity through music, he assumed it would take a couple of years. Never, however, did he imagined it would be 10. B...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Gender Identity Crisis for Today’s Children

It’s been almost a year since I wrote about the issue of transgender students and bathrooms in schools, and it is time to revisit the subject. One week ago, the Trump...

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Alternative Entertainment

How Ramjas College Is Fighting Sexism Through Poetry Sessions And Seminars

Gender has become a topic of widespread discussion, especially when it comes to younger generations, who are breaking away from age-old notions of gender identity. Being ac...

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Human Rights

Around The World Women Struggle To Secure Land Rights, Own Less Than Twenty Percent

It’s 2017 and formal ownership of land for women still seems to be a distant dream, with women owning less than 20 percent of land in the world. This means that their...

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Alternative Entertainment

Ian McKellen Reads A Passionate Speech By William Shakespear, Written In Defense Of Immigrants

The identity of William Shakespeare has been a literary mystery for four hundred years, inspiring theory after theory, book after book. There has been, indeed, little biogr...

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TV

Not Just A Hiss Tale

The Pratap household in Ichhapyari Naagin is beginning to feel like a snake pit. With Ichha, the mild mannered form shifting snake being forced to bare her fangs by Amrita/...

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Gender

Anjali Lama Will Become The First Transgender Model To Walk The Lakme Fashion Week

When Anjali Lama walks the ramp at the Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort in 2017, she will also be blazing the trail for transgender people across the world. She will...

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