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Entrepreneurship Helps Delay Child Marriage In India, Empower Young Women

Impoverished girls in India who are at high risk of child marriage are gaining independence and generating income with the help of a Seattle-based non-profit. Landesa Rural...

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Gender

Twitter embraces Modi’s #SelfieWithDaughter call, skips grim gender gap

Social media platforms were flooded with father-daughter selfies thanks to a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio address on Sunday. “In...

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Bollywood

Education Key To Gender Equality: Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin, who has joined hands with the P&G Shiksha programme, says education is the key for gender equality. “I was never a front bencher. I was very bad a...

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Hollywood

Actress Geena Davis Takes Fight For Women In Film Worldwide.

Actress Geena Davis called on Tuesday for greater efforts to stop the use of negative stereotypes of women and girls in film and the media as she unveiled details of a new ...

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Gender

Despite International Pressure, Paraguay Denies Abortion for 10-Year-Old Girl

Paraguay’s government has rejected the recommendation of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights regarding a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather, once aga...

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Health

Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely To Reach Its Millennium Goals Target For Maternal Mortality

According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as ...

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Gender

‘Gilmore Girls’ Creator Has Strong Words For Women In Hollywood: ‘It’s Up To Them’

“Gilmore Girls” was ground-breaking in many ways. It was a show that celebrated women, family and small-town New England. But perhaps its greatest contribution ...

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Hollywood

Forest Whitaker Narrates PSA Encouraging Men To Prevent Violence.

The Ad Council and national nonprofit Futures Without Violence launched a national public service campaign called #TeachEarly highlighting the pivotal role that men play in...

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Hollywood

Kidman Slams Gender Inequality In Hollywood

Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman has called for more opportunities to be created for women in film, describing the industry as “not an even playing field” and...

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Bollywood

Vivek Oberoi Gives Support For 100 Girls!

Yet again, Vivek Oberoi has showed his generous heart… The actor-philanthropist has recently supported SHE campaign (Support Her Education) for a skin care brand (Th...

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