A Heroine For Our Times

The Girl With The DragonTattoo was a huge success story in publishing, that needs more stars like Lisbeth Salander. Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson created a her...

Rape as a Weapon of Destruction

Rape and sexual slavery are actively being used as means of warfare in Central African Republic, with armed forces on both sides guilty of it.

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Dalit women in Rajasthan tortured, beaten and killed after being branded ‘Witches’

A sting operation was carried out in September by Ms. Ahluwalia, chairperson of Baal Evum Mahila Chetana Samiti, along with two women volunteers and a team of jour...

Displacement follows terror: Rights of millions concerns our world.

"They forced us onto trucks like animals".  A 55-page report titled thus has shook the world. The document, chronicles the atrocities committed by Cameroonian...

Learning From Grandmama To Defend Yourself?

Kenya Grandmoms Fight Back Against the Rapists- Literally!

The grandmoms of Kenya are not going to let the rapists dominate over them and therefore have resorted to...

‘Detroit’ - Bigelow falters with omission of black women

‘Detroit’ – is the directors first movie since ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ which was a multiple Oscar nominee. This movie is the re telling of the horr...

Rough Night Exposes The Threadbare Downside Of The Women-Cutting-Loose Genre

It’s hard enough being a woman filmmaker these days, but consider the plight of the woman filmgoer. It took years to get a big-budget Wonder Woman vehicle, and if you...

25 Years Later, The "Reservoir Dogs" Team Meets At Tribeca Film Festival

Mr. Blonde, White, Orange, Pink, and Quentin Tarantino talk about making the film and how audience reactions have changed since its release. This article contains minor spo...

Bill Gates: India Is Winning The War On Human Waste

Nearly three years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made one of the boldest comments on public health that I have ever heard from an elected official. It's still ha...