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Clinton Announces Global Initiative to Educate Girls

Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton has announced a $600 million effort to help girls around the world enroll in secondary schools. She unveiled the plan Wednesd...

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Hollywood

Feminism In Music: When Song Lyrics Are 'Not Feminist Enough'

Meghan Trainor’s Top 40 hit “All About That Bass” has been getting a lot of criticism lately. Besides allegations of plagiarism, the upbeat tune has also ...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift: 'Emma Watson's feminism speech was just what young women needed to hear'

Taylor Swift has become the latest young star to join the Emma Watson feminism fan club after showering praise on the Harry Potter star following her sexual equality speech...

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Sustainable Development

UNICEF reports a rise in the number of child marriages in Kerala

Kerala may be the only state in India with the highest literacy rate, but it seems the state has not been able to beat the child marriage demon. According to a report by UN...

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Sustainable Development

Child marriage, sexual abuse with minor girls alarmingly high in India: When will it stop?

It seems in India, the plight of girls will not get over that easily as the latest UN reports have revealed some shocking facts. The reports have narrated the ordeal of gir...

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Environment

130 women leaders steal the limelight at UN climate show

With women and girls on the frontline of climate change, women leaders representing 54 nations met in New York to call on global leaders gathered for Ban Ki-moon?s climate ...

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Sustainable Development

Empowering women is good for the economy

Last month, the Gujarat state government in India instituted a two-week celebration on the empowerment of women. The celebration quickly subsided when the police took actio...

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Hollywood

Geena Davis Institute New Research Shows That Girls and Women Are Missing Onscreen and Behind the Scenes Worldwide

New research released today from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media shows that we have a long way to go in our depictions of girls and women onscreen in family-f...

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Hollywood

Emma Watson To Co-Host UN Women HeForShe Campaign Event

British Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson will co-host a special event for UN Women’s HeForShe campaign on 20 September 2014, at the United Nations H...

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Health

Going and Listening to India

Melinda and I will visit India later this month. I’ve been there many times over the years, but I’m especially excited about this trip. For one thing, India has...

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