How Data Can Improve the Impact of Stories

‘Our ancestors created their myths and told their stories for a human purpose. Any good story, any good novel, should have a message’, wrote Chinua Achebe, the ...

Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Gautam Gulati Support The # BeWithBeti Campaign

Btowners never hesitate to come forward and show their support for a good cause. Recently, a lot of Bollywood celebrities are showing their support for # BeWithBeti campaig...

Meet Priya, a Comic Superhero Fighting the Social Stigma of Rape in India

In India, women victimized by sexual violence and rape are typically stigmatized and socially ostracized, compounding their trauma. Unjustly shamed, everything from their m...

Angelina Jolie Helps Launch New Centre For Women, Peace and Security

The London School of Economics and Political Science today hosted First Secretary of State William Hague and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie to launch the UK’s fir...

Aamir scolds Karan, Arjun for Roast

The actor says he was deeply affected by the verbal and emotional violence in the show. Aamir Khan is the latest voice to join the ongoing debate surround ing the All India...

Angelina Jolie Visits Iraq, Calls For International Leadership To End Suffering

The UN refugee agency’s Special Envoy Angelina Jolie is in Dohuk, Iraq, visiting Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqi citizens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to offer...

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...

Danny Glover: Ferguson Part of Historic Violence Against Black Men

Danny Glover is addressing ongoing protests over the deaths of African American men at the hands of police officers.

“The only thing that I think is important...

How can India end this tide of violence against women?

Despite rising levels of education, gender awareness and stringent pro-women laws, change has been slow and violence against women is increasing The rape of a young woman b...