Can Social Entrepreneurs Drive Inclusive Growth In India?

Over 60% of the Indian population still live on less than $2 a day. In the World Economic Forum’s Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2015, India is placed second...

International Film Festival For Persons With Disability In December

The first three-day International Film Festival for Persons with Disability (IFFFD) will be organised by Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on December 1 in which 40 f...

In Rare Appearance, Larry Page Discusses New Alphabet Structure

SAN FRANCISCO:  In a rare public appearance, Google co-founder and Alphabet Inc CEO Larry Page explained why he was spurred to create a whole new structure for the com...

The Ethics Of Commercial Surrogacy: Gender Inequality Arguments

This is a follow-up to the previous post on Debra Satz’s analysis of commercial surrogacy. In that post, I reviewed three classic objections to surrogacy and presente...

Charleston Film Festival Presents Selection Of Features, Shorts And Documentaries; French Film Festival Follows

Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation And Health Are Key To The Promise Of The UN Global Goals

AMMAN, Oct 30 2015 (IPS) – The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals To unde...

Do Women Get More Credit For Leadership?

Research on women who demonstrate stereotypically male behaviors at work has yielded mixed findings. On the one hand, some studies suggest those women are less liked and ev...

Nobel Prize Winners Point The Way In Battle Against Diseases Of Poverty

What does it take to bring the fruits of scientific innovation to vulnerable patients in the world’s poorest communities? The discoveries recognised by the 2015 Nobel...