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Courage amidst extreme challenges

by Pushpa Achanta | February 18, 2012 at 12:55 AM | World Pulse Book Club

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Travel through India with wonderful female characters

by Aurore | February 16, 2012 at 3:37 AM | World Pulse Book Club

Hi everybody, I've just finished a wonderful book by Anita Nair, "Ladies Coupé" (for French speakers, "Compartiment pour Dames") and I would like to share my impressions on it. SUMMARY: … Read More»

Online Photoexhibition on The Brides of India

by Rita Banerji | February 10, 2012 at 4:27 AM | India Cafe

India is in the middle of the wedding season which goes on till the end of March. Here's an online photo-exhibition on the beautiful brides of India. … Read More»

The Mass Premeditated Murders of Little Girls in India

by Rita Banerji | February 10, 2012 at 4:02 AM | Ending Gender Based Violence

Most people assume that the gender ratio difference at birth in India is owning to sex-selected abortion. However, I have been arguing that that is not so. … Read More»

Songs of the Battered Women

by Stella Paul | February 2, 2012 at 4:09 AM

‘Dhamail deo go bherbherir ma/amra dhamail chini na/ Kichu kichu chintam pari/budha betay manoin na … Read More»

‘Lil’ Ma’am Child-Bride’ – by Shaheen Sultan Dhanji

by SSD | January 30, 2012 at 10:53 PM

(friends, this small contribution is an agony to witness a child-bride being sold to a tribal man thrice her age in various countries, practice is often referred as ” Child-Bride” in tribal systems…ss … Read More»

Land rights for women can help ease child malnutrition

by Radha.Friedman | January 24, 2012 at 10:42 AM | Land Rights

A great piece in The Guardian's Poverty Matters blog on the benefits of giving women the legal right to own land. … Read More»

CREA's Sexuality, Gender, & Rights Institute in Khandala, India

by Breese | April 6, 2012 (All day) - April 12, 2012 (All day)

CREA's Sexuality, Gender, and Rights Institute is an annual, week-long residential course that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. … Read More»