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Land for ladies

Breaking the stereotype of rural women, 39-year-old Suresho Saini proudly drives a tractor to plough 1.6 hectares (ha) of agricultural land in Rahimpur village in Uttar Pra...

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Hollywood

Where Are the Women? A Look at Male-Dominated Fields

I had the pleasure of attending the S.H.E. Summit at the 92nd Street Y in New York on June 5th-6th. And normally, I wouldn’t be writing about something that happened ...

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Sustainable Development

A reporter’s notebook

Crime against women in Uttar Pradesh might have hit the headlines, but following two Khabar Lahariya journalists on a day’s work shows that little has changed over de...

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Health

Goal of Preventing Maternal, Child Deaths Near: Harsh Vardhan

Asserting that the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 is well within reach, India has outlined six key actions, including gender equality, to acce...

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Hollywood

Will 2014 Be a Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards?

In 86 years, only four women have been nominated for a best director Oscar. Only one, Kathryn Bigelow, has won. Lina Wertmuller was the first woman nominated for the 1976 f...

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Gloria Steinem Helps UN Women Unveil Beijing Campaign

At the historic Apollo Theatre in New York, UN Women last week launched a year-long campaign to spark global dialogue and actions on women’s rights and gender equalit...

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Sustainable Development

These nine laws make Indian women less equal than men

A recent UN report studying India’s legal code lists all the ways laws officially support men over women. In Goa, a Hindu man can remarry if his previous wife does no...

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World Cup 2014 : Girl power wins, Mumbra grants them their own football field

When a motley group of girls in the Muslim-dominated suburb of Mumbra started playing football in secret, they had no idea that three years later, they would be able to kic...

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Power Breakfast

Did you know that in movies and television shows only 17% of crowd scenes are made up of women? I learned that and other interesting facts in Mount St. Mary’s 2014 Re...

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Health

Harsh Vardhan outlines key to reduce maternal and child deaths

Asserting that the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2035 is well within reach, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has outlined six key actions to ac...

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