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Gweyneth Paltrow On Wage Gap In Hollywood

The drastic wage gap between male and female actors was a hot topic in Hollywood in 2015. About her ‘Iron Man’ co-star, also the year’s highest paid male ...

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Bollywood

Huma Qureshi Visits Haryana To Support Women Empowerment

Huma Qureshi recently attended the closure event of Breakthroughs ‘Mission Hazaar’ initiative. The event took place on 28th December in Rohtak, Haryana. The act...

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Gender

Year In Review: The Biggest Stories About Gender Inequality At Work

Gender inequality in the workplace continued to be a subject of contention this past year. Companies from Netflix to Goldman Sachs sought to make their paid-leave programs ...

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Hollywood

Women In Hollywood: Plenty Of Talk But Little Change On Equal Pay

When Patricia Arquette strode on stage to collect her Oscar for best supporting actress in February it was no surprise. She had been the favourite for her performance in Bo...

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Bollywood

Deepika Padukone As Bhansali’s Mastani Is A True Role Model For Gender Equality

Perhaps one of the most glaring, disturbing symbols of the regressive patriarchy inherent in our traditions is our treatment of the Indian widow. She has been forced to end...

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Gender

These 15 Events Prove That 2015 Was A Good Year For Gender Equality In India

It’s been three years since December 16th, 2012. Three years since India was plunged into a social revolution of sorts, when the brutal gangrape of a 23 year old stud...

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Gender

Gender Bias At Christmas: What If Santa Were A Woman?

For its Christmas film this year, agency Anomaly London decided to ask kids a provocative question: what if Santa were a woman? Their answers, revealed in this cute, but ey...

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Bollywood

Women of 2015: Deepika Padukone

India’s leading lady, who has spent 2015 defying convention, on breaking the Bollywood mould and why she spoke out on depression Deepika Padukone isn’t your tra...

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Gender

The Invisible Work That Women Do Around The World

Over the past 25 years, according to the United Nations, about 2 billion people have seen improvements in health care, sanitation, and job opportunities. That’s treme...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan's Way Towards Women's Empowerment

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has suggested a novel way to promote gender equality by “giving preference to the contingent of female commandos”. The cine ...

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