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Women represent just 36% of news media bylines and appearances
In news media, it’s still a man’s world. Male journalists make up 63% of by lines in print, Internet and wire news media, according to a recent report from the Wom...
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To Lower Maternal Deaths, India Urged to Reconsider Role of Midwives
In this village 30 miles south of Kolkata, three generations of women have depended on Saira Bewa to deliver their babies. On a languid July afternoon, Ms. Saira, 61, squatted...
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Climate Change Is Destroying Our Food
When you think of climate change, you think of the weather. Summers where the sun bakes the parched land with the ferocity of an oven, winters where snow deposits climb higher...
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India’s ‘Womanifesto:’ How central are women’s rights to this year’s elections?
The gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in December 2012 marked a sharp turning point for the debate on women’s rights in India. T...
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Indian agriculture facing sustainability issues
We are very pleased with the progress we made since we announced our new integrated strategy. And we have been able to build a very different set of connections with our growe...
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Hospitals Safer Than Homes for Births
A new analysis suggests that giving birth in a hospital is considerably safer than having a baby at home or in a birthing center. Researchers analyzed data collected by the Ce...
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Can our agriculture tackle climate change?
The latest report of the inter-governmental panel points to the impact of extreme weather events on farming in India India has long been regarded a ‘climate change hots...
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Toilets on all beaches by October: Goa tourism development corporation
Beaches in Goa are set for a major uplift this year, with Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) promising public toilets and dressing rooms all along the coastline by Oct...
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At long last, WHO certifies Bangladesh polio-free
Through a robust national immunization programme, Bangladesh mostly rid itself of the crippling disease in 2003. But the country reported a final case of poliomyelitis in Marc...
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Climate change as a matter of public health
For a long time people perceived climate change as an environmental issue–the concern of environmentalists, the concern of a few. It was reframed as a justice issue at t...
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