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A Masterclass in Atmosphere, Character, and Quiet Rebellion- Nocturne Pondicherry by Ari Gautier
Namrata reviews Nocturne Pondicherry (Hachette India, 2024) originally written in French and translated... -
UN Women estimates over 28,000 women and girls killed in Gaza since October 2023
UN Women estimates that more than 28,000 women and girls have been killed...
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Political empowerment sees strongest gains, yet with only 22.9% of the global gap closed to date it remains the biggest barrier to progress on parity worldwide. Read the... -
Geneva: Globally, 308 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across 73 countries, a figure that continues to rise with escalating conflict, climate change, food insecurity, and disease outbreaks.... -
The number of people at risk of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, has tripled to over 12 million since the beginning of the war New York / Port... -
New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveals limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks...
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The United Nations Decade for Women (1976–1985) originated the concept Women in Development (WID). Influenced by feminist discourse of early 70’s in the Global North, it aimed to integrate... -
Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati... -
Art imitates life. It not only mirrors society, but also supplies a mirror through which social norms, taboos, stereotypes and deeply entrenched belief systems can be discovered by a... -
November 25th, 2024, (New York/Vienna): On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, the report Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of Intimate Partner/Family Member Femicides by UN...
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Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Pakistan’s Evolving Tech Sector
While Pakistan is going through severe economic and political turmoil at the moment,... -
Kaarvan Trained Artisans Highlight Women Empowerment Through Craft
An exhibition, Uraan Chapter 12, displaying exquisite handicrafts by Pakistani female artisans was...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2025 | Global — Ananke, the global new media and development platform dedicated to inclusive digital storytelling, proudly announces the appointment of Namrata as its... -
Cooperation for change, this is essentially what multilateralism is all about. Countries with common goals, working together. While what this suggests is working together for positive change, the global... -
What is your go to poison? Choose… wisely!! Wisely? A pill… bitter to swallow? Death It is easy Coy even Playing hide and seek Or so it seems Playing... -
Namrata reviews Nocturne Pondicherry (Hachette India, 2024) originally written in French and translated into English by Roopam Singh calling it a masterclass in atmosphere, character, and quiet rebellion. In... -
Originally a European lore, myth and story, vampires have long held great fascination all around the world. While a huge number of literary and cinematic iterations vis-a-vis the blood... -
The art of sowing seeds of division among people, nations, can best be learnt from the colonial-thinking, imperialist West. Be it the Sykes-Picot Agreement, Balfour Declaration, the San Remo... -
In an age of distraction, where the present clutches tightly at our gaze, Dr. Kanika Gupta chooses to look back, deep into the crevices of time, where myths still... -
Seated in my chauffeur-driven car (disclaimer: as I am visually impaired and do not drive after daylight), I told my 17 and 15 year old children to refrain from...