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Jodi's India Diary: Here I Come!

02nd October 2010  Sitting thousands of miles away, I have done hours upon hours of research. India is so complex, diverse, and interesting. In preparation for my internship with a non-profit organization, Drishtee in Uttar Pradesh, I have done my fair share of learning.

UNIFEM - Many Women And Girls Left Out Of Development Gains

24th September 2010  Large numbers of women and girls, especially from rural areas continue to live in exclusion and poverty.

UNESCO: Less than 40% countries provide girls and boys equal access to education

18th September 2010  According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), two out of three countries in the world face gender disparities in primary and secondary education and as many as half will not achieve the goal of gender parity in education by 2015.

Hate Crimes, Women, and The Internet

26th July 2010  Misogyny is defined as “hatred, dislike or mistrust of women.” It seems that hate crimes against women are increasing as we are perceived as soft targets. One must wonder what role the Internet plays in this.

Go for the goal – soccer and child labour

11th June 2010  While billions are caught up in the excitement of the football World Cup, some 215 million children are labouring for survival. Education and play are luxuries for them.

End of an era - Singer, civil rights activist Lena Horne dies

10th May 2010  Lena Horne - The jazz singer with the sultry voice that will reverberate in our ears for a long time to come, died on Sunday at the age of 92.

Homicide: American Children Fall At Hands of Loved Ones

28th April 2010  Protection of the lives of children is a moral mandate.

Globalizing Rights, Hope and Struggle: The World March of Women

18th April 2010   AWID interview with Wilhelmina Trout of the World March of Women, a movement formed to put an end to social, political and economic injustice against women.

Girls to dwell on millennium development goals

16th April 2010  The viral global campaign to solicit grassroots ideas on how to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that most impact women and girls will culminate in the inaugural, ground-breaking G(irls)20 Summit.

Citizen Journalism and Feminist Fatale

16th April 2010  Where are the female journalists? They need to get out of the kitchen, read about politics which impact them and write!

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