Press Release : Gay Rights are Human Rights

FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film Festival in the city sparks off discussions on LGBT rights

The recently concluded FLASHPOINT Human Rights Film F...

Shabana-Javed's act for charity

The play, scripted by Javed Akhtar, traces Kaifi and Shaukat's journey from his childhood in Mijwan to their romance, from life in Bombay in the 50s to the progre...

FORBIDDEN VOICES

Synopsis

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But influential cyber feminists from Cuba, China and Iran keep blogging about the...

BOTTLE MASALA IN MOILE

Synopsis

A collection of individual stories of indigenous population of Mumbai – the East Indians – a community that is no longer si...

Karan Johar contributes to girls pride initiative

Filmmaker Karan Johar joins the movement to empower the girl child. He says women have always played an important role in his life and work and if he ever adopts, he will a...

Title: Polio epidemic from Syria becomes palpable threat for European nations

In recent developments, two German doctors have confirmed a contagion in poliovirus in Syria (a virus that was presumed to be irradicated from the nation in 1999).

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A Healthier Global Health Agenda

LONDON – On September 25, world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path to a new set of Sustainable Development Goals...

Polio outbreak confirmed in northeast Syria, WHO says

A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.

“Out of those 22 being in...

Violence versus Women is an everyday occurrence in cities. Learn what the UN is doing 2 make cities safer

Sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world—in urban and rural areas, in dev...