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Gwyneth Paltrow Uses `Ironman` To Mark Gender Pay Gap In Hollywood.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has used ‘Ironman’ Robert Downey Jr. to highlight the gender pay gap in the industry. In an interview with Variety, Paltrow said that &l...

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Health

India’s Sanitation Crisis Is The Biggest In The World’

Jack Sim founded the World Toilet Organization in 2001 by breaking the taboo associated with sanitation through his unique blend of humour and seriousness. In an email inte...

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Hollywood

Gabrielle Union Says Women Receive ‘Shame’ For Picking Careers Over Having Children.

One of Hollywood’s leading actresses says women are looked at differently for picking business over babies. “Bring It On” star Gabrielle Union o...

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Festivals

Censored Women's Film Festival coming to D.C.

A collection of previously censored films made by women will be shown in Washington, D.C., in November. The films — part of the Censored Women’s Film Festival &...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Hollywood

Film Highlights Women Who Define American Culture.

Meet 15 women who have created and defined contemporary American culture in American Masters: The Women’s List, premiering nationwide Friday, September 25, 9-10 p.m. ...

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Bollywood

Vidya Balan: Women’s Empowerment First Personal, Then National Issue

She says empowerment is a cause which must be personal for every woman before it is regarded as a national issue. “I think we have a long way to go before every woman...

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Festivals

Urbanworld Film Festival to Open with Muhammad Ali, Close with Misty Copeland

The 2015 Urbanworld Film Festival will open with BET biography “Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ” and close with “A Ballerina’s Tale,” t...

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Bollywood

Many Issues Need To Be Told Through Women-Centric Films: Madhur Bhandarkar

Mumbai: Director Madhur Bhandarkar, known for making women-centric films, feels a number of issues still need to be told through such movies.Madhur, who started the trend o...

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Bollywood

Great Time For Women In Cinema But It’s Still A Man’s World, Says Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen, who is returning to TV as a judge for Comedy Superstar (she was last seen on Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena in 2008) has plans to make a comeback to Bollywood, too. Sh...

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