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Watch Great Women on TV, but Follow Real Examples for Life
Written by Yohana de Andrade
More than ever, many filmes and series on TV portrait women’s work. The American TV shows Homeland and The Good Wife are good examples of that. However, who are the women in real life in Brazil that could change their own lives and others with their work?
Read all posts for ‘International Women’s Day’
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Talk at home so that one day pepper sprays may be no longer needed
Written by Ajinkya
Cultural notions of shame, purity & decency corrupt the way women are looked at. A change is needed and it must start from homes where men and women of the household are not alien to each other – not alien to each others’ bodies, thoughts and aspirations.
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Pakistan: All Hail to Power of Women!
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
Pakistan is a country of many contrasting clichés. Just imagine that an event to celebrate the empowerment of women would be staged all around the country on the 8th of March – a country where the birth of a daughter is not considered a great fortune. Just imagine that at […]
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Yearning for the homeland
Written by Rahulkumar
An Afghan girl, living in Indian capital Delhi, waits for her traditional dance performance in commemoration of the World Refugee Day in 2011. Every year, June 20 is celebrated as the World Refugee Day by the UN to spotlight world attention on the plight of refugees across the world. The slogan […]
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There is not much left to say, but a lot left to do.
Written by Carly Stephan
Reflections from the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Mark Twain once mused, ‘What would men be without women? Scarce sir, mighty scarce.’ Women are a crucial element of the human equation, and yet many of the world’s women, particularly rural women, have been relegated to […]
