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Contraception And Family Planning Around The World – Interactive.

A record number of women now use contraception. The latest figures from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs show 64% of married and cohabiting women us...

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Festivals

Countdown To Leeds Young Film Festival 2016

The line-up features more than a week of international films, animations, workshops and master classes across the city from Thursday.
The festival will be led by the n...

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Health

Immunisation: A Powerful Piece Of The Equality Puzzle

In 2016, girls and women are still more likely to miss out when it comes to the advances of global development: going to school, getting well paid for their work or represe...

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Festivals

Manchester Film Festival Diaries

After receiving my press pass and having made acquaintance with two film directors from New York and Sydney on my way, I found out that I only had one hour left to get read...

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Sustainable Development

An Office On Four Wheels Brings Land Administration Services To Isolated Populations

I recently had the opportunity to see the mobile offices run by the State Service for the Registration of Real Estate (SSRRE) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. These mobile of...

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Alternative Entertainment

Nina Simone's Face

When I was kid, I knew what the worst parts of me were—my hair and my mouth. My hair was Happy. My lips were big. Nearly every kid around me knew something similar of...

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Hollywood

Emma Watson And Forest Whitaker Help Launch Heforshe Arts Week

Film stars, UN officials and New York City came together this week to commemorate International Women’s Day by launching the inaugural HeForShe Arts week, a new initi...

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Gender

50% Of Production Of Films Budget Allocated To Women In Canada

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will now allot half of its production spending to female-directed films, government film commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur announced Tu...

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Festivals

Miami Film Festival Announces 2016 Winners

The Miami International Film Festival announced the winners of its 33rd edition on Saturday, with Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan” winning the Knight Competiti...

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Alternative Entertainment

Art For Gender Equality In India

After a jam-packed month of arts-based social projects in slum communities in Delhi and Mumbai through the Shanti Arts for Action project, it was time for new adventures th...

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