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UNICEF India Sounds the ‘Red Siren’ to #ENDviolence Against Children

A new social media campaign from UNICEF India is seeking to raise awareness and mobilize a collective effort to #ENDviolence against children, with special focus on sexual violence against girls. On 19 August 2013, UNICEF Ind...

by Aparna Ray

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WATCH: How Advertising Overthrew a Dictatorship

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet faced international pressure to call a referendum on his presidency. Below is a trailer for the film “NO”, the true story of a marketing campaign which sparked a...

by Natasha Lipman

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Your Voice Has Power: Writing For Human Rights

Every year, Amnesty International holds a two-week event during this time of the year (it’s to coincide with Human Rights Day on Dec. 10) called Write for Rights. Also known as the Letter Writing Marathon, Amnesty chooses...

by Allison Midori Reilly

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WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

Glenn Ford spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit; on Tuesday 11th he was exonerated, thus becoming one of the longest serving death row inmates to be freed in the United States. The news comes as a shoc...

by Tímea Fazekas

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Indonesia’s virginity tests: A growing women’s rights violation

Indonesia’s city of Jember recently proposed imposing a state-sponsored two-finger test to check for the virginity of female high school students, preventing those who have engaged in pre-marital sex from receiving their ...

by Hina Tai

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Bare Breasts Breed Bad Boys: Why Censoring Nudity In The Wolf of Wall Street In India Is Beyond Unbelievable

Leonardo DiCaprio, fast cars, mountains of cocaine, nudity that would put Italian statues to shame, and Martin Scorsese: this adequately sums up The Wolf of Wall Street. About five months ago, I watched it in India, and then sa...

by Apratim Vidyarthi

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Gender Apartheid in the Saudi State: A Never Ending Saga

As a woman with a driving licence, who enjoys travelling without my father’s permission and one who chooses to bare my face in public, I have always been drawn into the never-ending saga surrounding the women of Saudi Arabia....

by Rosanna Rafel

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Sexual Assault: Get The Picture?

More than 2,000 images of sexual assault survivors holding posters with quotes from their attackers have been posted on Project Unbreakable since its launch in October 2011. These powerful pictures do not only help survivors of...

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What’s the price to report on Nauru Island?

Media professionals will have to pay A$8,000, with no reimbursement if the application is rejected, for a single entry visa to visit the tiny pacific island of Nauru, where hundreds of asylum seekers are detained by the Austr...

by Catarina Demony

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UNICEF India Sounds the ‘Red Siren’ to #ENDviolence Against Children

WATCH: How Advertising Overthrew a Dictatorship

Your Voice Has Power: Writing For Human Rights

WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

Indonesia’s virginity tests: A growing women’s rights violation

Bare Breasts Breed Bad Boys: Why Censoring Nudity In The Wolf of Wall Street In India Is Beyond Unbelievable

Gender Apartheid in the Saudi State: A Never Ending Saga

Sexual Assault: Get The Picture?

What’s the price to report on Nauru Island?

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