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Systemic Gender Discrimination Across the World
Women in many parts of the world still have a very little or no choices on their own lives. Historically, no country in the world had similar rights for men and women…
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In Search of a Safer Place for Women
Last June, soon after coming to the United States, I joined a non-profit Organization, Rape Trauma Services, for a training to help and support the survivors of sexual assaults. This training and the…
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Domestic Violence Against Women Across The World-Where Are We?
..According to The UN, up to 70 percent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. It is a grave reality that women are not safe…
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Menstruation Exile in Nepal: Another Horrific Social Evil Revisited
In January 2019, a woman in Nepal died in the ‘menstruation hut’ with her 2 kids. They died of possible suffocation or carbon monoxide poisoning from the fire they lit to warm the…
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Breaking the Tradition of Enduring Pain
It is strange to see how we face testing time in life due to gender bias. It is there right in front of us, right from our workplace to our personal space.…
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How to Get a Job When You Have Never Worked Before
Many women, despite having a good education and advanced degrees, are not economically independent. Women, in many societies never get a chance to have a career for various reasons. Some families do…
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Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuses: Resources and Guidelines on Healing
If you are a survivor of childhood sexual abuses, you are most likely fighting a silent and invisible battle throughout your life. You probably never talked about it with anybody and thought…
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Dowry Killings: Why Does It Happen and How Can We Prevent It?
Dowry is a social custom where a man and his family demand assets and money from the bride’s family. Even though dowry is declared illegal in India and other neighboring countries,…
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MeToo: A Movement Truly Helped Women to Overcome Victim Shaming
“I think only when we can shift the shame from the victims to perpetrators, the change will start there.”- Dr. Denis Mukwege In October 2018, New York time published how #MeToo movement…
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Female Genital Mutilation: Facts, Figures and Resources
What is Female Genital Mutilation? Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful and brutal practice of partially or completely removing , cutting , sewing up , piercing of external female genitalia as…
