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UN Rights Chief: No Country Has Achieved Gender Equality

The High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Tuesday stated [press release] that no country has achieved full equality between men and women and urged the 4...

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Festivals

Censored Women's Film Festival coming to D.C.

A collection of previously censored films made by women will be shown in Washington, D.C., in November. The films — part of the Censored Women’s Film Festival &...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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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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Gender

Why More Mediators Should Be Women?

The significance of 2015 continently and globally in the drive for women’s empowerment and the achievement of gender equality provides a useful backdrop to assess eff...

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Festivals

Blackout Music & Film Festival Brings Socially Conscious Entertainment To GRAMMY Museum

There aren’t many positive things you can say about injustice, but it can inspire creative expression. The inaugural Blackout Music & Film Festival intends to sho...

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Bollywood

Sushant Singh Joins In The Fight Against Women’s Sexual Harassment In Lucknow

The Charbagh Bus Station buzzed with activity on Tuesday afternoon when actor Sushant Singh landed up there to support the cause of women’s issue. Organised by the UP...

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Hollywood

World Humanitarian Day 2015: George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Other Celebs Who Support Human Rights Causes

To quote writer J.K. Rowling, “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
Living in the 21st century entails accepting a wo...

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Hollywood

Amnesty International Backs Decriminalising All Sex Work In Historic Vote.

Amnesty International has voted in favour of a proposal that would mean adults who buy sex from prostitutes would not face criminal sanctions. The human rights organisation...

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Hollywood

Angelina Jolie To Direct An Unflinching Portrayal Of War Through The Eyes Of A Child.

Angelina Jolie Pitt will direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, a harrowing and poignant memoir from Cambodian author and hu...

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