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Global Hunger Index: Govt of India response pathetic, ‘lacks’ scientific empirical evidence
arun Posted On October 21, 2021


Come 16 October – and the world once again focused on the most basic need for a person’s survival: food! The first World Food Day was observed in 1994, to mark the launch of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) […]


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NC Lt Gov Mark Robinson criticized over anti-LGBT views
arun Posted On October 12, 2021


Raleigh (NC), Oct 12 (AP) North Carolina Lt Gov Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign from elected officials and LGBTQ advocacy groups over comments he made criticizing sexual education and likening gay and transgender people to “filth.” By Bryan […]


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Inequalities between ethnic groups are stark, new UN report reveals
arun Posted On October 9, 2021


New York: Differences in so-called multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to a new analysis released this Thursday. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), produced by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford […]


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Hungarian LGBT activist among Time”s 100 most influential
arun Posted On October 2, 2021


Budapest, Oct 1 (AP) An academic and LGBT activist in Hungary is among the word”s 100 most influential people, according to Time magazine, for her work on a children”s book that set in motion a debate over human rights in […]


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Nepal introduces third gender category in latest census
arun Posted On September 30, 2021


Nepal has included an “others” gender category in a national census for the first time, in what the country’s transgenders hope will help them to fight for extra rights.   Central Bureau of Statistics have been visiting homes across the country […]


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“I want young Dalit women to be part of a society where they can voice their opinions and
arun Posted On September 28, 2021


Jyotsna Siddharth, actor, writer and activist from India, spoke at a side event during the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, co-organized by UN Women and the National Alliance of Women’s Organisation in India. In this interview, Ms. Siddharth […]


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Two transgender women win seats in German parliament
arun Posted On September 28, 2021


Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik stood for the Greens party, increasing its share of the vote to 14.8% from 8.9% in 2017 Tessa Ganserer, member of the German Green Party and transgender candidate for the German Bundestag elections speaks during […]


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Critique of Hindutva does not constitute an attack on Hinduism, nor is it Hinduphobia
arun Posted On September 20, 2021


Organised with the active support of Indian diaspora in US, a series of virtual conferences, Dismantling Global Hindutva, have been held in order to “analyze and educate” the public as to how Hindutva is destroying India, undermining syncretic nature of […]


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In 2018, Tessa Ganserer made history as the first openly transgender woman to serve in a German state assembly.
arun Posted On September 6, 2021


Today, the deputy for the Greens in the Bavarian regional legislature is setting her sights even higher with a run for the national parliament. But while Ganserer earned an image as a trailblazer, she has struggled to have her identity […]


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Six members of Islamist militant group get death for murder
arun Posted On September 1, 2021


Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners five years ago.  Xulhaz Mannan, 35, the editor of Bangladesh’s first magazine for […]


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