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Viola Davis Feels TV Lies About Women

Actress Viola Davis says TV lies about women and never shows females of a certain age or size as sexy. “We’ve been fed a whole slew of lies about women. If you ...

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Hollywood

Percentage of Female Directors Unchanged Despite ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ (Study)

Female directors such as “Pitch Perfect 2’s” Elizabeth Banks and “Fifty Shades of Grey’s” Sam Taylor-Johnson scored at the box office la...

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Festivals

Athena Film Festival: Abortion Providers Doc, 'Inside Out,' 'Truth' Highlight Lineup

The festival focused on female leadership will open with the New York premiere of reproductive rights documentary Trapped.The Athena Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled the...

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Gender

Rural Labour Loses Women, Karnataka Worst Offender

CHENNAI: Women in rural areas are increasingly withdrawing from the country’s labour force. This trend is particularly evident in states like Karnataka, Gujarat and M...

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Gender

2016 Golden Globes Continue The Conversation About Gender Equity In Hollywood

With Ricky Gervais bungling the female-forward punch line just five minutes into his gig as host, the 2016 Golden Globes proved a significant forum to further discussion ab...

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Festivals

Miami Film Festival Unveils Diversity Program With Google

The Miami International Film Festival has unveiled a partnership with Google on a seminar series addressing gender and racial gaps in the film industry, Variety has learned...

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Bollywood

Shabana Azmi: Male Stars Should Be Sensitised To Stop Pay Disparity

Shabana Azmi feels that gender disparity in payment exists not only in Bollywood but all over the world and male actors should take a lead to end this discrimination. The &...

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Gender

Telangana Becomes First State To Make Gender Education Compulsory

Telangana has become the first State to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level; without repeating gender stereotypes in its bilingual textbook titled, ...

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Thought Factory

Of Gender Divide

Since the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib, the human rib on gender issues has not stopped tickling. Left no wiser since Biblical times, the issue remains burning and ...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Enemy At The Gates

With the terrorist attack at Pathankot in the news, Pakistan is once again supervillain in the Indian media. However, when it comes to portraying the evil of terrorism in W...

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