Faking Happiness Campaign

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Vedanta's “Creating Happiness” campaign, is a mere eyewash, telling blatant lies behind the human rights violatiuosn by the Mining corporate giant Vedanta . The television commercial starring Binno is merely the launch pad of the campaign, which also includes a film competition, in which media and mass communication students from 21 institutions across the country have been invited to make three-minute films on the company's various Corporate Social Responsibilty projects. Our ' FAKING Happiness "online campaign has finally amd ethe jury see the PR excercise and Director Shyam Benegal and film artiste Gul Panag have withdrawn from jury leaving the creator as judge, Piyush Pandey

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Talking Points: Zika, Microcephaly, Women’s Rights, and Disability Rights

By- womenenabled.org The news is filled with discussions regarding the Zika virus, microcephaly, access to abortion, and women’s sexual and reproductive rights—sometimes from a medical perspective, sometimes from a community health perspective, sometimes from a women’s rights perspective, and occasionally from a disability rights perspective. When confronted with such an emotional issue in a…

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On the 4th of March 2016, the CEDAW Committee, released its new General Recommendation on the scope of the CEDAW Convention in addressing the rights of rural women who face specific discrimination due to their unique situation,clarifying Article 14 of the Convention. This new GR links the discrimination faced by rural women to larger factors which cause socio-economic and political inequality. It…

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Advancing gender equality and safe schools in Asia-Pacific

Students learn best in schools that provide safety and social support. However, some young people experience violence and harassment in, around, and on the way to school. This includes gender-based violence, which can take many different forms and can negatively impact students’ learning. The regional offices of UNESCO, UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women, and the East Asia Pacific UN…

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How We Are Failing Women and Girls in Humanitarian Emergencies

by Jamie J. Hagen “Protecting the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls in crisis settings is essential and a matter of human rights, but it is also complicated and unsustainable without a change in the way humanitarian assistance is provided and funded,” states a recently published report from the UN Population Fund. (Ververidis Vasilis / Shutterstock.com) Every day, 507 women and…

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A huge win for young Bohra girls who were tortured for centuries making them undergo genital cutting, the #FGM called Khatna #Vaw

After Australian govt action, Bohra leaders take a U-turn on Female Khatna By Asghar Vasanwala After top Bohra leadership was subjected to jail term for conspiring in Khatna (Female Genital Mutilation) of two 7-year-old Bohra girls, and Australian Government threat to take further actions, the Bohra Dai, who boasts of command over Farishta (angels), and who promises Bohras of holding their hands…

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Kractivism - From .com to .org

Kractivism – From .com to .org

Welcome to my blog

My .com blog had been temporarily suspended in 2013 by wordpress without giving any notice and reason, I shifted to my own site now, to .org you can follow me here at http://www.kractivist.org/

The .org site also crashed for two week from May 24th to June 8 2015 http://www.kractivist.org/ due to high traffic but is sorted now

You can be updated…

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Jailed former Goa Minister and MLA, Mickky Pacheco, is being protected by the state

Activist and lawyer Aires Rodrigues on May 26 filed a petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking the transfer of the search for the absconding convicted former Minister Mickky Pacheco to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The petitioner gave the sequence of events leading to Mr. Pacheco’s conviction by the High Court and the Supreme Court on March 30.

The former Goa Minister…

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Ambedkar, Gandhi & Jinnah

Show Caption The inner history of the negotiations to give recognition to the untouchables as a separate political entity. By A.G. NOORANI

“For me religion is one in essence, but it has many branches and if I, the Hindu branch, fail in my duty to the parent trunk, I am an unworthy follower of that one indivisible, visible religion…. My nationalism and my religion are not…

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Modi Govt blacklisting NGO's to muzzle dissent

Modi Govt blacklisting NGO’s to muzzle dissent

CIVIL SOCIETY With us or against us?

BY DIVYA TRIVEDI

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Civil Society, which is the hallmark of a stable democracy, is being made redundant under the new government. By DIVYA TRIVEDI

WHEN the Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was offloaded from a flight bound for London earlier this year, it marked the culmination of the government’s pursuit of her. It had begun…

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#Civil society #Greenpeace #Narendra Modi #Priya Pillai

Ishrat Jahan encounter case: No evidence to prosecute former IB officer, says MHA #WTFnews

Vicky Nanjappa

New Delhi, June 8: There seems to be a twist in the tale in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. The Home Ministry for the want of evidence has not granted permission to prosecute former Intelligence Bureau official Rajinder Kumar.

According to Central bureau of Investigation (CBI), the killing of Jahan and three others in a fake encounter in 2004 was result of joint conspiracy of…

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Mumbai - House Hunting becomes complicated if you don't belong to right religion

Shutting out the other

OMAR RASHID

2 The Hindu

Illustration: Satwik Gade

As the urban landscape changes, distrust and intolerance between religious communities are on the rise. Omar Rashid reflects on how the arduous task of house hunting in cosmopolitan India becomes even more complicated if you don’t belong to the right religion.

Two summers ago, I found myself facing the prospect…

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UPA MPs’ hotel bill in a decade: Rs 19 cr; BJP bill in one year: Rs 25 cr

By Sobhana K Nair, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Staying true to the adage of charity begins at home, the BJP government fulfilled the promise of ‘ache din’ for its ministers and MPs first.

While the bill for an entire decade from 2004 to 2014 for MPs and ministers’ stay in five-star hotels totals Rs 19.77 crore, the BJP government has run up a bill of Rs 25 crore in a…

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AAP govt burns fingers with `two-finger test` circular on rape victims #Vaw

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Too late for comfort: AAP government pulls two finger test for rape victims in face of political fire

by FP Staff Jun 8, 2015

Sparking what is bound to be an unwelcome controversy for the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi, the state health department reportedly issued guidelines to city hospitals allowing the two finger test for sexual…

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Press Release - Homeless Satyagrahis Battled Heavy Rains Awas Haq Satyagrah Entered 13th Day

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Homeless Satyagrahis Battled Heavy Rains

Awas Haq Satyagrah Entered 13th Day

Mumbai | 7th June 2015: As the pre-monsoon showers hit the parts of Mumbai and brought some respite from the heat, those struggling…

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Maryam Siddiqui winner of Gita Champion League returns Rs 11 lakh award to U .P Govt

Girl returns Rs 11L reward to UP govt Lucknow: TIMES NEWS NETWORK Drawing inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai for pursuing the cause of education for all, a 12-year-old Muslim girl Maryam Siddiqui who was on Saturday given Rs 11 lakh by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for winning the Gita Champions League has returned the award.She wants the state gov ernment to use…

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Aslam's lotuses adorn Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh

Tp Nijeesh Malappuram: Balanced on a battered canoe, Aslam gently plucks a lotus that is just beginning to bloom and carefully places it on a pile. He moves through the vast expanse of Valiyaparappur lake in north Kerala’s Malappuram district, collecting more flowers, all meant for different temples across the state.The 25-five-year old belongs to one of the 30 Muslim families in Thirunavaya…

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Maharashtra - 13 Dalit families denied food, water after arguing with upper caste youths #WTFnews

It’s still the dark ages in this village By Chaitanya Marpakwar, Pune Mirror | (From top) Dalit residents of Ansurda village have filed a police complaint. Shunned by local shops, Dalit residents are forced to travel to Osmanabad, 20 kms away, for daily necessities. Several houses and shops sport saffron flags, which the Dalits feel is meant as a threat. PIC: RAHUL KORE

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