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Gender

Feminisney: When Disney Meets Feminism

Disney’s animated theatrical feature films may be the most important battleground for gender/sexual equal representation in media.
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Health

11 Maternal Health Issues You Have Never Heard About

When I first became pregnant, I had a lot of fears. I worried whether or not I would be a good mom, if my baby would be healthy, and if I would be able to get that complica...

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Human Rights

How Rural Women Are Challenging Gender-Based Exclusion From Land Ownership In India

A rural women’s movement in north India has played a significant role in dismantling the existing power structures and overcoming gender-based exclusion from ownershi...

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Sustainable Development

A Solar-Powered Plane Has Completed The First Ever Trans-Atlantic Flight

Setting off from New York at 2:30 AM on June 20, 2016, pilot Bertrand Piccard spent a total of 71 hours and 8 minutes in the air, flying at 28,000 feet and covering a dista...

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Environment

Beijing Has Fallen: China's Capital Sinking By 11cm A Year, Satellite Study Warns

Excessive pumping of groundwater is causing the geology under the city to collapse, according to a new study using satellite imagery that reveals parts of Beijing – p...

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Festivals

Accenture Renews Sponsorship Of Gaze International LGBT Film Festival

Accenture has renewed its sponsorship of the Gaze International LGBT Film Festival in a three-year commitment. The financial services brand’s sponsorship of the festi...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Struggle To Adapt Storytelling For Virtual Reality

Storytelling in virtual reality has yet to take shape. While the simulated world of gaming has proved the visual capabilities of the medium, few have taken a crack at the a...

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Trending

Where Private School Is Not A Privilege

In the United States, private school is generally a privilege of the rich. But in poorer nations, particularly in Africa and South Asia, families of all social classes send...

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Health

What Is Missing On The Global Health Front?

The last World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva (23-28 May) discussed the manifold global health crises that require urgent attention, and adopted resolutions to act on many...

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Human Rights

Widow Rituals Fuel Rituals In Africa: From Cleaning Corpses To Sex With Strangers

When Clarisse's husband died of malaria last year in the Cameroonian city of Douala, she was kicked out of their home by his family and forced to marry his brother. After h...

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