Wife inheritance is an affliction that has gripped the African society from eons of time. Widely practiced across the entire continent, it is a tradition where a widow gets inherited by relatives of her late husband. Once thought to be an honorable practice, the custom initially entailed taking care of the widow and her children...
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Shine Bright, End Violence
Teens Weave Stars Campaign is an initiative aimed at giving young people a platform advocating the elimination of violence against women and girls in Kenya. The initiative will be officially launched by Teen Action in Kenya, which strives to help raise teenagers as game-changers for their community and the world at large. The campaign involves...
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On the fabric of change
Do you think there is a connection between fashion and womens liberation? In my opinion, fashion has played a pivotal role in womens liberation. If one reflects to the Suffragettes Movement, women wore pants instead of long gowns and dresses to make a statement that they were equal to men and second to none. Furthermore,...
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Pakistani Sirens And Cinema
The era of Pakistani films highlighting raucously pumped up men with an over-bearing male chauvinistic attitude is finally over as the new age of cinema ushers a picturesque medley of big budget movies, artsy biopics, raunchy, boisterous comedy, and flashy coming-of-age numbers. It is certainly not untrue to claim that the Pakistani film industry has...
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The Hera Syndrome
“Why do women hate each other?” An existential question that occurs in the mind of any woman in relation to her social and practical life; even in her participation in civil activities and charity work which is mainly based on altruism and cooperation. A few months ago, I met a lady working in an international...
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Little Play, Big Talent!
Wear Pink Sit properly. Talk politely. Study hard. Work harder. Prosper. Get promoted. Eat your greens. Bend carefully. Fall in love. Get married. Brush your teeth. Make babies. Love, live. Conversations, the beautiful ones. The ones that define our lives and livings. The ones that leave an imprint on our minds. Conversations between mothers are...
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Independent filmmaker recognized at the World Human Rights Awards
January 20th, 2016, Dubai, UAE Film lecturer at SAE Dubai and independent filmmaker Reshel Shah Kapoor picked up two awards for her documentary feature film titled Black Sheep, at the Human Rights Awards and World Documentary Award hosted in Indonesia yesterday. Under the umbrella of the International Film Festivals, a group dedicated to give...
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Launching lives with KiteChild
All around us are people who need help, but not everyone believes they can be of help, or are capable of making a difference even in just one strangers life. And while the boxes we slowly build around us as we go through life perfectly serve their purpose of boxing us in, the people behind...
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Esha Nag: Making Her Mark!
Describe your childhood. I was born and brought up in the beautiful east Indian city of Kolkata (also known as Calcutta), once the capital of the British East India Company, and famous for its long line of artists, reformers, writers and filmmakers of international repute such as Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa, Satyajit Ray, Amitav Ghosh....
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Fast fashion & women in garments a one-sided love affair
GAP, Forever 21, Zara, H&M, Mango, and so many others we love them. We love being able to update our wardrobes every few months, or even every month if we want to. Those who have more buying power shop at these places virtually every single day. Thanks to fast fashion or value fashion everyone...