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Baloch woman activist hits out at Pak for gender inequality
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 25 (ANI): A Baloch woman political activist has hit out at Islamabad for allowing religious groups to launch an assault against women's freedom throughout Pakistan, especially in Balochistan.
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San Sebastian Festival signs gender parity pledge
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 24 (ANI): The 'San Sebastian' Festival on Monday has finally signed a gender parity pledge following the footsteps of Cannes, and Venice film festival; which will go on to ensure equal participation of female talents.
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San Sebastian film festival to sign gender parity pledge
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 18 (ANI): After Venice Film festival, it is now Spain's San Sebastian Festival's turn to sign the gender equality pledge which guarantees equal representation of female talent.
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India gets first ever gender-neutral hostel in Mumbai's TISS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.
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Study finds which transgender teens have highest suicide risk
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], sep12 (ANI): A recent research has shown that transgender adolescents are at greater risk for attempting suicide than cisgender teens that identify with the gender they are assigned at birth.
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Nicole Kidman discusses #MeToo movement
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 11 (ANI): Nicole Kidman says that #MeToo movement isn't just about gender, it covers many other aspects.
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This is how children want their food served
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 04 (ANI): Getting children to eat their food is a big task for many parents. According to a new research, children have different preferences for how food should be arranged, depending on their gender and age.
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Venice Film Festival signs pledge on gender parity
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 31 (ANI): The Venice Film Festival signed a pledge for gender equality, following the Cannes, Locarno, and Sarajevo film festivals. But the festival organisers insisted that the practices in the protocol are already in place.
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Gender-diverse boards better at protecting work environment
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): Turns out, organizations with a more balanced mix of men and women on their board of directors are better at protecting the environment and less likely to be sued for environmental law violations, a new study has revealed.
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Youth Insight: informing policy on health, gender and well-being by The YP
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (NewsVoir): The YP Foundation has organised a two day conclave for 170 young people from 17 states to engage with policymakers and other relevant stakeholders on issues of adolescent health, gender and well-being.
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Gender Equity & Water Management program for govt. officials of Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (NewsVoir): A two-day Management Development Programme on Gender, Equity and Water Management aimed at building the capacity of Engineers in the Department of Irrigation and CAD to chalk out future directions in understanding and analysis of water inequalities sp
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Women now portray stronger roles in films
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): A recent study has found that over the past fifteen years there has been an improvement in how women are portrayed in films, they are nowadays more often cast as characters holding positions of power. The study analysed how gender and age are represent
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