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Rape and other demons
TweetThe problem with being a perennial cribber is that the moment you take a break to catch a breath, the world turns tables to embarrass you, to tell you that you slacked. I am on a fellowship with the World Press Institute in the United States with nine more journalists from different parts of the [...]
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Why divorce is a great, great thing
TweetThe Phillipines is the latest country in the world, together with Vatican City, to ban divorce. This may change as they try to pass a law to allow it, yet how would this change the landscape? Al Jazeera’s reports on the lives of women who are victims of abusive marriages, and are desperately trying to find a way [...]
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Prosperity is not helping India’s girl children
TweetJust released numbers from India’s census shows a disturbing trend–even in rich, educated areas, parents are opting to carry out sex selective abortions in order to have a son. According to columnist Kalpana Sharma at The Guardian, “Interestingly, the most skewed sex ratios are from states with the highest economic growth rate. So wherever there is [...]
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Prejudices within the medical fraternity: Women and sexuality in India