Lego Mixes It Up With Female Scientist Mini-figure Set

In an effort to make the Lego franchise popular with more girls, Lego is releasing a new mini-figure set featuring female scientists that will be part of its regular Lego p...

Girl’s Action Figure With A Realistic Breast-To-Hip Ratio

Anyone who pays attention to toys must have noticed that, while there are zillions of action figures aimed at boys, there are very few for girls. And the female figurines t...

Harry Styles Helps Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Lesbian, Gay Equality Charity

Stonewall – the largest lesbian, gay and bisexual equality charity in Europe – and SNOG Frozen Yoghurt have launched a joint campaign to celebrate 25 years of t...

Contours Of Inequality

Global estimates of the unmet energy needs in India have been available for some time. These only indicate whether the shoe pinches, if at all. In a new series of analyses ...

Jimmy Carter?s Call to Action ? Women, Religion, Violence and Power

Former US President Jimmy Carter’s latest book is called Call to Action – Women, Religion, Violence and Power. In a CBC interview, he spoke about his view on wh...

Lady Gaga To Put Rolls Royce Under The Hammer For Charity

Julien’s Auctions, renowned auction house to the stars, has announced the exclusive auction of multi-platinum selling and GRAMMY winning artist Lady Gaga’s Roll...

Bollywood Superstar Farhan Performs at Arena Theatre

Houston had the privilege of welcoming one of Bollywood’s most famous superstars, Farhan Akhtar, to the Arena Theatre, where he put on a special concert to benefit Ma...

Women politicians in India, Pak face violence, threats

From kidnapping, physical assault and sexual harassment to threats, abuse and character assassination, women politicians in India, Pakistan and Nepal face hostility and agg...

Empowering the poor or the rural elite?