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Asia

WATCH: Rape – It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Victim

As rape cases continue to rise in India, and the number of comments blaming the victims for these rapes rises even faster, one has to wonder what it’s going to take for even the country’s top politicians and governm...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Asia

WATCH: Virtual Robot Brights To Light A New Form Of Child Exploitation

Webcam child sex tourism. You’re not the first person to have never come across this term before, however, it is a serious issue affecting thousands of innocent children around the world. Men from developed, richer countr...
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Educating Women

Emma Watson Brilliantly Explains Why Gender Equality Isn’t Only A Women’s Issue

“You might be thinking – ‘Who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing speaking at the UN?’ And it’s a really good question. All I know is that I care about this problem and I want to make ...
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Asia

WATCH: Weren’t planning to vote in the Indian elections? This will change your mind

India is hosting the world’s biggest democratic elections this year, with nearly 100 million newly eligible voters since the last election and about 814.5 million voters in total. India is also filled with a lot of people...
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Human Rights

WATCH: Does HIV look like me? The stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS

How would you react if someone told you they were HIV positive? Would you treat them the same as any other person? Would you still hug them without thinking twice? Would you take a sip from their glass of coke? Or would you su...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Gender-Based Violence

The origins of honour killings: “It hasn’t always been a man’s world”

After escaping a violent relationship, author and activist Amy Logan began a decade long journey into researching the origins and history of honour killing. What she discovered is that it has not always been a man’s world, th...
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Green

Matt Damon’s (Toilet Water) Bucket Challenge Highlights Sanitation Issues

Over the last couple of weeks the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has created a storm on social media, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves being soaked in ice water as a campaign to create awareness about the am...
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Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Photojournalism Revolution

During the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, photography was completely banned in the country. The recent press freedom that the country has seen since the removal of the regime is still minimal, but the ...
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Human Rights

WATCH: Ellie Goulding’s #Song4Syria

Pop icon Ellie Goulding has released her single “I Know You Care” in support of Syria’s children – children who have watched their peers die, children who are starving, children who have been forced to f...
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