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Human Rights

How Rural Women Are Challenging Gender-Based Exclusion From Land Ownership In India

A rural women’s movement in north India has played a significant role in dismantling the existing power structures and overcoming gender-based exclusion from ownershi...

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Gender

New York Makes History, With Tampons And Pads

New York City made history today with passage of the nation’s first legislative package to ensure access to menstrual products in public schools, shelters and correct...

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Health

What Is Missing On The Global Health Front?

The last World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva (23-28 May) discussed the manifold global health crises that require urgent attention, and adopted resolutions to act on many...

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Trending

JIO MAMI Film Club With STAR's Second Event Is The Indian Premiere Of ‘Brahman Naman’, A Film By Q, On June 27th At 9pm, PVR ICON

Mumbai, June, 2016: As a part of its year round activities, the Jio MAMI Film Club with Star announces their second event-The Indian Premiere of Q’s Brahman Naman. Af...

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Hollywood

Anne Hathaway Is UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway is the latest Hollywood figure to be appointed by the United Nations as a global goodwill ambassador to promote gender equality and wome...

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Health

UN Plans To End AIDS Threat By 2030

Speaking at a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, Health Minister J.P. Nadda reiterated India’s commitment to fa...

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Environment

Why Climate Change Could Benefit Parts Of Canada’s Boreal Forest

Fact, he argues that Quebec’s massive boreal forest could provide a much-needed “refuge” for plants and animals, as much of the continent gets hotter and ...

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Environment

What Would A Global Warming Increase Of 1.5c Be Like?

In Paris, delegates called on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) to report on the implications of a 1.5C target. They want the job done by...

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Hollywood

Elton John And Desmond Tutu Pen Op-Ed On Making Aids History

Elton John and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu penned an op-ed published on CNN.com about the United Nations’ 2016 High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS to be held this ...

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Environment

Harnessing Local Pride For Global Conservation

The toughest problems to solve are the ones that are hard to detect and require humans to change their behavior. That puts conservation at the top of the list. According to...

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