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Gender

The President Announces America’s First National Monument Dedicated To LGBT Rights.

Today, President Barack Obama announced he’s designating the Stonewall National Monument in New York City as the newest addition to America’s National Park Syst...

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Health

BLOG: 7 Rights Every Pregnant Woman In India Should Know About

The Indian government and health system have been derided for not being able to reduce the number of maternal deaths, despite the growth in economy.
Interestingly, in ...

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Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council: Using Sport And The Olympic Ideal To Promote Human Rights For All, Including Persons With Disabilities

For more than a decade, Human Rights Watch has documented human rights abuses linked to mega-sporting events, or MSEs, such as the Olympics, football’s World Cup, For...

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Alternative Entertainment

Street Artist Turns His Aerosol Toward Saving The Bees

Nick Sweetman has been part of Toronto’s street art scene for years. Now, he’s taking a global approach as part of the city’s Street ARToronto program. &l...

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Hollywood

Katy Perry To Be Honored At UNICEF Snowflake Ball

On November 29th, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will host its annual
UNICEF Snowflake Ball.
The event will commemorate UNICEF’s 70th anniversary and honor UNICEF...

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Gender

Capital: The Tool Women Need for Water

Lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities affects women and girls most. Jennifer Schorsch, president of Water.org, explains how it is women who step up to sol...

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Human Rights

Living With Energy Poverty

If you can read this, you probably have access to affordable and reliable electricity all day, every day. 1.4 billion people around the world don’t. We need to addres...

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Environment

How Can We Make Brexit Work For The Environment?

About 70% of our environmental safeguards and legislation is European legislation – and this is now at risk. The rhetoric from some on the leave campaign indicates th...

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Alternative Entertainment

Street Kids Wield The Brush To Spread Message Against Drug Abuse, Child Labour

It is not every day that a nine-year-old speaks about how humiliating it is to see her drug-addict mother suffer the consequences of her habit.
“My parents are b...

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Hollywood

Washington, Dunham, Gomez Are Faces Of New Leanin Campaign

Kerry Washington, Lena Dunham, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez and Serena Williams say help from other women has been critical to their success.
The stars appear in a video ...

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