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Monday Blog Hog: The Good, the Bad and the Inscrutable
All of the links that we thought were worthy of notice last week (or, more honestly, that we noticed last week). Continue reading »
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ICYMI: Dhaka, Bangladesh’s Garment Factory Collapse and What That Means for the Consumer
Whether or not we personally know anyone affected by the building collapse in Bangladesh, we’re all affected. Continue reading »
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India Is Stunned by the Kidnap, Rape and Torture of 5-Year-Old Girl
India isn’t the only country with a rape problem. But, in a country where class and esteem are so important, it is sad when the only way to receive attention and support for such a crime is when the case is extremely outsized. Continue reading »
#Ambedkar: The Status of #Women Says Much About A Nation!
Reblogged from THE 50 MILLION MISSING CAMPAIGN BLOG ON INDIA'S FEMALE GENDERCIDE: I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved…So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956, … Continue reading »
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A Mortgage Company Helps People in Cambodia Move into Their Dream Homes. Then Why Does It Feel Like a Nightmare?
The proliferation of microloans has done a lot to increase the fortunes of many people. But microloans have shortcomings; they often don’t help people buy their dream homes, for example. Continue reading »
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Anti-Rape Underwear Aims to Shock Would-Be Attackers
The two-piece set is called Society Harnessing Equipment (SHE), and would deliver 82 shocks to the would-be perpetrators if the garment comes into contact with unwanted force. Continue reading »
Teaching Prostitutes to Spot Fake Currency in Calcutta
The recent influx of counterfeit money has caused the local sex-workers union to start a program to show women how to spot counterfeit cash.
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Women Avoid Visiting India in the Wake of Recent Attacks, Proving Rape Isn’t a Great Business Model
25 percent of foreigners who were going to travel to India decided to book those trips elsewhere. Continue reading »
A 81 year-old woman finished her junior high class this March
Reblogged from My Small Window to the World: Ms. Ritsuko Kenmoku from Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, said she had been very happy to learn new things little by little at school. When she was a child, she was unable to finish junior high school due to World War II and housework. She had a … Continue reading »
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Good News: Bangladesh, Nepal and Rwanda Are On track to Eliminate Poverty in 20 Years
Other countries who are doing well in the fight against poverty are Bolivia, Cambodia, Ghana and Tanzania. Continue reading »
This Is Why Sex Ed Is So Important
A 19-year-old student named Zeng Lin received a package from an admirer; thinking that it was moisturizer, she rubbed half the contents of the container on her face before learning that it was semen. Continue reading »
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Women in India Are Using Smartphones to Fend off Sexual Assault
As anyone with a smartphone can attest, most of the time our phones are used to send WhatsApps and play Brick Breaker rather than to do anything useful. Continue reading »
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The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Black Immigrant in the United States
Haitians can’t be exotic. Haitians are Black. Continue reading »
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Is The School in the Cloud the Future of Education?
The school will be based in a physical building in India, but plans for the school will be open-sourced and children’s learning will be self-directed. Continue reading »
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Narrow Perceptions of Beauty Mean that Black Isn’t Even Beautiful in Parts of Africa
We joke about Michael Jackson’s skin bleaching and paper bag tests, but we prize light skin too. It’s a dangerous balance.
Fake Medicines Lead to Drug-Resistant Forms of TB
If active ingredients are either missing or only present in trace amounts, the drugs can actually increase the drug-resistance of TB by not killing of the bacteria completely, leading to stronger strains.
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In Rural Bangladesh, Women Lead the Way Out of Poverty
In 2010, the World Bank began a project called “Nuton Jibon,” which means “New Life”.
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