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Alcohol Ban Succeeds As Women Warn, 'Behave Or We'll Get Tough'

India — Dozens of women brandishing brooms swooped down on a straw house in this village on a recent Saturday, sending the owner fleeing through a rice field as they ...

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Sustainable Development

How To Stop Construction Companies From Choking Our Cities

Poor air quality, with diesel the biggest culprit, is now thought to be the cause of 40,000 deaths in the UK each year. But while cars and lorries have attracted most atten...

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Health

Beyond Sterilisation: The Need For Sex Education And Contraceptives In India

For decades, India has put controversial sterilisation drives at the heart of its efforts to combat population growth. But last year, the country’s top court ordered ...

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Human Rights

Women, Cities, And Opportunity: Making The Case For Secure Land Rights

Land and property lie at the center of many of today’s pressing development challenges. Consider that at most 10% of land in rural Africa is reliably registered. At t...

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Environment

Green Groups Condemn UN Plan To Use $136m From Climate Fund For Large Dams

Plans to earmark more than $136m (£109m) of UN money for large dam projects in Nepal, Tajikistan and the Solomon Islands have been angrily condemned by activists, who...

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Human Rights

Women, Cities, And Opportunity: Making The Case For Secure Land Rights

Land and property lie at the center of many of today’s pressing development challenges. Consider that at most 10% of land in rural Africa is reliably registered. At t...

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Human Rights

Women In India Need Better Access To Contraception: UN Study

Due to a lack of access to information or services, or a lack of support from partners or communities, an estimated 225 million women globally are not using safe and effect...

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TV

Acting, No Child’s Play

It’s not often that an episode or sequence gets lifted to a level by some outstanding acting. It’s not necessary that the sterling performance is from an adult ...

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Environment

World Water Day: One In Four Children Will Live With Water Scarcity By 2040

One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned.
With...

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Health

Melinda Gates, Co-Chair & Trustee, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation: Family Planning Voices

It’s no accident that I waited to have my first child until I’d finished graduate school, devoted a decade to my career, and decided with Bill that we were read...

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