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Classical Musicians Crescendo To End Violence Against Women

On 26 January at 8 p.m., principal musicians from the world?? great orchestras, ensembles and academies, will perform at Carnegie Hall, donating their artistry to end viole...

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Sustainable Development

Kailash Satyarthi to focus on social causes through TV show

Popular reality-based crime show “Crime Patrol Satark” has joined hands with Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi to host a special series focusing on child labour ...

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Sustainable Development

Deconstructing The Deplorable Misrepresentation of Women in Indian Media

It is the limited roles women play within our media that are most keenly responsible for perpetuating old stereotypes, and moulding the idea of what women should be to a fe...

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Sustainable Development

India’s bride markets grow, while trafficking convictions decline

The shortage of brides in some states with skewed sex ratio has made human trafficking a lucrative trade The Indian predilection for aborting or killing the female child ap...

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Health

Maternal Depression Linked to Risky Adolescent Health Behaviors in Children

Maternal depression experienced by a mother can affect her children too, says a new Canadian study. According to the research as published in the journal Pediatrics, childr...

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Bollywood

Women generally not safe in Delhi: Sonam Kapoor

Actress Sonam Kapoor has strongly condemned the recent sexual assault on a young woman by a taxi driver in the capital and said that Mumbai is safer than Delhi for women. A...

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Health

Crusaders against maternal health rights abuse

In a State where health rights is somewhat an alien subject, some 40-odd women, mostly from the tea garden community, are acting as ambassadors of maternal health rights of...

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Health

Lost Childhood

A lot of children constantly run away from fractured, abusive homes, explains Paul Sunder Singh of Karunalaya. “They head towards Chennai or Mumbai or Hyderabad, lure...

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Hollywood

Stars power city NGO’s anti-trafficking fight

Multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper sang and played the guitar in an old church in New York while Hollywood actress and television personality Serinda Swan...

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Sustainable Development

Child sex trade worth 343 billion dollars, says Kailash Satyarthi

Trafficking of young girls from countries like Nepal and Bangladesh into India for forcibly pushing them into prostitution shows no sign of abatement even as three million ...

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