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The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these...

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Gender

Mobile Phones: Patriarchy's New Red Alert

Villages are imposing mobile phone bans on young women in order to control their new independence and mobility. It started with KhapPanchayats in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

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Gender

Haryana Bride Sets New Example For Gender Equality, Rides Mare To Her Wedding

In a historic first, in a Haryana village, Mamta, a 25-year-old teacher, broke the stereotype and performed the Ghudchadi by riding a mare on her wedding. The ritual is usu...

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JICA Organizes 8th Annual Workshop On Forestry And Natural Resource Management Projects In Sikkim

New Delhi/Gangtok, 2nd March, 2016: The 8th Annual Workshop on Forestry and Natural Resource Management Projects...

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Shikha Rastogi of iTV Network bags ‘World Women Leadership Award’

Shikha Rastogi, President and Group Head, Human Resources, of the iTV Network, has been awarded the “Exemplary Women Leadership Achievement Award” by the World ...

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Vikas Khanna Elevated To National Sales Head, India News

New Delhi, 22 February 2016: iTV Network, the fastest and the youngest growing news network in India, has elevated VikasKhanna to the post of National Sales Head of India N...

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India Drinks And Smokes Less Now

The preliminary findings from National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) released last week have given anti-tobacco campaigners a reason to smile. The survey has found that acr...

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Health

India Still Has A High Rate Of Malnutrition, Reveals New National Health Survey

Malnutrition in India is still high and the number of malnourished children in West Bengal is more than it was a decade back, according to the fourth National Family Health...

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Bollywood

Huma Qureshi Visits Haryana To Support Women Empowerment

Huma Qureshi recently attended the closure event of Breakthroughs ‘Mission Hazaar’ initiative. The event took place on 28th December in Rohtak, Haryana. The act...

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