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Environment

So We Signed the Paris Agreement. Now What?

On Friday, representatives from 175 nations signed the Paris Agreement, which outlines voluntary carbon emissions and climate targets. It's doubtlessly a momentous step in ...

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Gender

In Portraits: Indian Women In Never-Seen-Before Avatar

In the summer of 2012, Nimisha Bhanot discovered her fondness for portraits. The 27-year-old Canadian visual artist didn’t want to paint just any kind of portraiture&...

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Festivals

At Cannes Film Festival, A Tribute For Prince

Singer Prince will be remembered in a special segment at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival 2016.
The film festival, which will be held in Cannes, France in May, is pla...

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Sustainable Development

Meet The Art Collective Of ‘Sad Asian Girls’ Destroying Asian-American Stereotypes

When you think of an Asian woman, what comes to mind? A tiger mom? An anime fantasy? A manicurist talking about you in another language? For Asian women, these stereotypes ...

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Gender

Women & The Sustainable Development Goals: Participant Voices

Every year thousands of activists from civil society organizations around the world come to New York to take part in the Commission on the Status of Women, the global inter...

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Festivals

This Year's Film Festival Slims Down ... To 180 Movies

The 35th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival opens Thursday with a new screening philosophy, some new venues and a host of new activities.
One constant of...

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Human Rights

India Calls For Empowerment Of Autistic People

Stressing on empowering autistic people through appropriate education and employment opportunities, India has called for enhancing quality of life of differently-abled chil...

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Festivals

Film Festival - Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles Announces 2016 Jury Panel, Additional Programming

Actor Rizwan Manji and “Margarita, With a Straw” writer-director Shonali Bose are among the jury selections for the 2016 feature and short film contests at the ...

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Gender

Gender- Dasra Report: Non-Profits In India Fail To Address The Gender Gap

The Companies Act 2013 mandated that a publicly listed company, which has five or more directors, must have at least one woman director. Even when surveys show that compani...

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Environment

Earth Hour: What Is It And Why Is It So Important?

On Saturday night, cities across the world will go dark as the globe comes together in the fight against climate change.
The voluntary power cut marks Earth Hour, a gr...

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