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Gender

The Wage Gap: Is Gender Bias The Chicken Or The Egg?

When a field of work traditionally dominated by men is “feminized,” guess what happens. Wages drop! This shows that gender bias is a factor - maybe a big one - ...

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Sustainable Development

Programmers Aren't Writing Green Code Where It's Most Needed

Confession? I don't write green code. I mean, it might be green code just by coincidence, but I've never really thought too much about the relative energy consumption deman...

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Environment

The Oil Industry Sought Patents For Low-Carbon Technologies Decades Ago — Then Abandoned Them

Around the same time NASA was planning its moon missions, US oil companies were working on technologies that could have reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientists an...

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Human Rights

A First For The Country, Maharashtra Bans Social Boycott Ordered By The Khaps

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to ban village councils from imposing social boycotts. In the majority of cases, it is women and people from lower cla...

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Health

What Effect Does Paid Maternity Leave Have On Infant Mortality?

For each additional month of paid maternity leave offered in low- and middle-income countries, infant mortality is reduced by 13 percent.
“A significant number o...

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Human Rights

Trashing The Ragpicker

Raja is a waste dealer in Seemapuri in Delhi, who employs around 15 people to segregate mixed waste into paper, plastic and bottles. His monthly income of around Rs 30,000 ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Glimpses Of Kabul

Western women who do not have to live under oppressive conditions in strictly patriarchal countries like Afghanistan tend to romantisize the country's beauty and the nobili...

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Environment

Mitsubishi Becomes Latest Automaker To Admit To Cheating Consumers And Regulators

The latest example of the trend surfaced Wednesday when Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) revealed that it lied about the fuel economy of at least 620,000 so-called ...

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Health

IUD's, The Pill & Sterilisation: Your Experiences Of Contraception

Accessing family planning is not easy for many women, who face cultural or religious opposition, supply shortages and doctors who won’t listen More women than ever ar...

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Environment

Climate Change Is Forcing A New Manifest Destiny

I hate to say it, but I might be living at the wrong latitude—or at least, my kids certainly are. Reams of climate change reports—and a quick look at the news s...

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