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The Gender Beat: South Asian Women Earn 80% Less Than Men; Kerala’s First Woman Boat Master

A new study published by the international organisation Action Aid titled The Price of Privilege: Extreme Wealth, Unaccountable Power and the Fight for Equality in the 21st...

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Human Rights

Why Terms Like ‘Transgender’ Don’t Work For India’s ‘Third-Gender’ Communities

Sexuality's spectrum is littered with labels. One that is getting increased attention in the U.S. political discourse nowadays is "transgender." Generally speaking, the lab...

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Bollywood

Radhika Apte Gives Deepika Padukone’s My Choice Video A More Realistic Touch!

Deepika Padukone broke the internet last year after coming out with a My Choice video for Vogue. Deepika, with radiant smile and beautiful hair, spoke about women empowerme...

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Health

IUD's, The Pill & Sterilisation: Your Experiences Of Contraception

Accessing family planning is not easy for many women, who face cultural or religious opposition, supply shortages and doctors who won’t listen More women than ever ar...

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Alternative Entertainment

Fictional Characters Who Spark Our Sexual Awakenings

One day, you’re picking up Little Women for the first time, expecting a warm story about sisterhood; the next, you’re cursing the gods (“or whatever&rdquo...

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Hollywood

Bryan Adams Cancels Concert Over LGBT Laws

Bryan Adams is the latest star to cancel a show in protest over new LGBT laws. “Mississippi has passed anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ bill 1523. I find it ...

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Alternative Entertainment

Ben Wishaw On Sexuality, Privacy & Playing Troubled Heroes

“I’m not damaged,” says Ben Whishaw. “Not more than anybody else.”
Whishaw is resting in his dressing room at the Walter Kerr theatre on ...

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Gender

Speaking About Rape Is Scary. For Some Writers, Fiction Can Help

“The first person to tell me I was gang-raped was a therapist, seven years after the fact,” novelist Jessica Knoll wrote in an essay for Lena Dunham and JenniKo...

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40 Per Cent Delhi Women Faced Sexual Harassment In Past Year: Study

About 40 per cent of women surveyed in Delhi said they have been sexually harassed in a public place such as a bus or park in the past year, with most of the crimes occurri...

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Gender

Bhutan Tackles Violence Against Women For "Refusing Sex, Burning The Dinner"

Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter.
"He used to lay his hands on me...

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