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Laguna Film Festival To Launch In October

The three-day festival will focus on short films. The first-ever Laguna Film Festival, a three-day festival dedicated to short films, will be held Oct 16-18, the ...

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Hollywood

Star-Studded Fundraiser Raises $1.2 Million In Support Of Artists For Peace And Justice

The annual Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) Fundraiser Festival Gala presented by BOVET 1822 recently raised an impressive $1.2 Million. Held at the majestic Casa Loma d...

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Gender

Why Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. More than 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminat...

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Top 5

TV's Top 5 That Get It Right

Prime Time showcases a number of shows on premier channels. During the crowded three hour band, a few have had a really long innings and are still going strong. It’s ...

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Health

What Will Kill Us? Not Child Health And Maternal Nutrition

Poor dietary habits and high blood pressure have replaced child and maternal malnutrition, unsafe water, sanitation and lack of hand washing as leading risks for death glob...

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Trending

DD Ratings Increase By 58% On The Back Of New Shows –

Supplemented by a line-up of new shows as well as an advertising campaign, the public service broadcaster’s ratings jumped from 115 in week 32 to 182 in week 33
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Gender

A New Ratings System Will Assess Schooling For Girls Worldwide

An advocacy group set up by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Foreign Policy Magazine are launching an annual index to assess the availability and quality of ed...

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Gender

Why More Mediators Should Be Women?

The significance of 2015 continently and globally in the drive for women’s empowerment and the achievement of gender equality provides a useful backdrop to assess eff...

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Gender

Why Is India Dragging Its Heels Over The Criminalisation Of Marital Rape?

When I started looking into the issue of marital rape in India, I soon realised how difficult it would be to get anyone to talk. It is a touchy subject, because there is st...

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Gender

Where Are The Women Leaders?

Progress towards closing the gender gap in politics has been slow, according to data accumulated by UN Women. In fact, since 2005 there has only been a 3.5% increase in the...

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