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Gender

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved By Caste, Gender Discrimination

New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people’s excreta will have little impact unless deeply entre...

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Health

Empty Promises And Dead Children

Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted by the United Nations last September amid a blaze of glitzy events, celeb...

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Human Rights

Policy Shame: Sick, Rare And Ignored

Rare diseases are a diverse set of over 7,000 different conditions that afflict an estimated 1 in 20 Indians and 350 million people worldwide. Put simply, it means that eve...

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Sustainable Development

For Teens In Crisis The Next Text Could Be A Lifesaver

The message to the Crisis Text Line was answered by Aaron Amrich, a volunteer crisis counselor based in California. It was sent by a 19-year-old woman who wrote that she wa...

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Environment

Tribeca Carbon Dioxide Levels 'Exploded' Last Year, Not Seen Since End Of Ice Age

Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere “exploded” last year to reach a new record high not seen for thousands of years, scientists have announced.The last t...

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Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Lineup Includes Works By Danny Devito, Michael Rapaport& Matthew Modine

The 15thannual Tribeca Film Festival announced its slate of 72 selected short films, 45 of which are world premieres and 53 which are in competition.  The festival cho...

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Alternative Entertainment

RuPaul On The Timeless Power Of Drag.

RuPaul Andre Charles is, hands down, the most famous drag queen in the world. Has been, really, since he burst onto the scene in 1993 with the hit single “Supermodel ...

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Bollywood

Women's Day 2016: Top 5 Female Directors Who Made It Big In Bollywood

International Women's Day is observed March 8 every year to celebrate the achievements of women across the globe. This day is dedicated to all the female figures of the soc...

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Hollywood

Reese Witherspoon’s Oscar-Worthy Truth For Young Women

Don’t ask Reese Witherspoon who she’s wearing this Sunday on the Oscar’s Red Carpet. Witherspoon, who is a producer as well as an award-winning actress, w...

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US School Girls Develop App 'Pharm Alarm' To Help Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients

Six young school girls in the US are currently developing an app to help patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, remember to take their medications.
The seve...

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