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Human Rights

Why Did India's Media Ignore The Disability Bill?

December 16, 2016 will go down in history as one of the landmarks in the history of the Disability Rights Movement in India. After years of discussions, deliberations, deba...

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Gender

Why We Put A Transgender Girl On The Cover of National Geographic

Since we shared photos of the cover of our special issue on gender on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, tens of thousands of people have weighed in with opinions, from expr...

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Gender

This Gritty Woman Started Her Crusade Against Child Sexual Abuse When She Was Just 10!

India ranks among the top five countries with the highest rate of child sexual abuse. A 2013 report by the Asian Centre for Human Rights explained the epidemic proportions ...

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Bollywood

Mallika Sherawat: Important To Break Silence About Child Prostitution

Actress Mallika Sherawat says it is important to break the silence in many countries about child prostitution and the need to prosecute the offenders. The 40-year-old actre...

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Festivals

Kolkata Children’s Film Fest To Start From December 24

The sixth edition of Kolkata International Children's Film Festival, showcasing 200 films from 33 countries, will be held here from December 24. The sixth edition of Kolkat...

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Health

Neighbors Treating Neighbors For Depression And Alcoholism

It's a problem around the world: People who need mental health care don't get it. A new kind of treatment strategy in India — delivered by nonprofessionals — of...

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Human Rights

Children And Families Should Never Be In Immigration Detention – UN Experts

Governments should stop placing children and families in immigration detention, a group of UN human rights experts* has said in a call to mark International Migrants’...

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Festivals

New Film Festival In China Screens Nature Films

Huang Zizhen saw a Global Forest Watch screenshot featuring the planet's forest cover; she felt sad that China's tree density appeared to be less than some of its neighbori...

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Environment

2016 Arctic Report Card Paints Dire Portrait Of Climate Change Trends

It’s going to get worse before it gets better. And unless the world takes action, it may never get better. That’s one extremely depressing takeaway from the 201...

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Health

‘The Lancet’ on Achieving Maternal Health Goals in the SDG Era: Tackling Diversity and Divergence

Between 1990 and 2015, there was an incredible 44 percent decrease in global maternal mortality rates. But these impressive gains still fell short of the Millennium Develop...

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