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How A 105-Year-Old Ended Open Defecation In Her Village

On Tuesday, Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given ...

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Human Rights

Refugee Children Are Five Times More Likely To Be Out Of School Than Others

A new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, jointly released by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) ahead ...

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Human Rights

Millions Of Children Have Lost Their Homes – Here's How To Save Their Education

“Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.” These words, spoken...

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Health

Leave No One Behind: Women, Children And Adolescent Health In Emergencies

If you ask anyone to describe home in one word they frequently will respond with either “comfortable” or “safe.” No matter where you live in the wor...

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Hollywood

Cate Blanchett Appointed Unhcr Goodwill Ambassador

GENEVA, May 2 (UNHCR) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Academy Award winning actor Cate Blanchett as a global Goodwill Ambassador. Read More

Alternative Entertainment

One Woman's Holocaust Secrets Make For A Powerful Film

HOW GENEALOGICAL DETECTIVE WORK MENDS A SHATTERED FAMILY
ONE OF THE WORST PARTS OF THE HORROR THAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST IS THAT ITS ECHOES NEVER CEASE TO REVERBERATE. YOU...

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Environment

Climate Change Not About Temperature, It's About Dying, Starving, Displaced People

Among the range of physical health impacts, Americans can look forward to a future of more food and water contamination, increased asthma rates, and tenfold jumps in death ...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

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Hollywood

Jude Law Takes To The Stage At Refugee Camp In France

On Sunday 21st February 2016, Jude Law, Juliet Stevenson, Tom Odell, Sir Tom Stoppard, Matt Berry, ShappiKhorsandi and Toby Jones alongside a number of displaced refugees, ...

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Health

Women's Rights Must Be A Major Part OF Any Climate Deal

This Human Rights Day is particularly significant. In Paris, negotiators are trying to come to agreement on a global climate treaty, and a lot is on the line -- especially ...

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