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POSTMODERN LONELINESS
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POSTMODERN LONELINESS

Recurring themes of women and loneliness occur in the illustrations of Idalia Candelas. Her drawings are a mix of ink,…
By Curated Content
February 18, 2016
POSTMODERN LONELINESS
Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages
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Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages

Posted By Roseline Kihumba at 12:34, 04 March 2015 There was yet another opportunity for the HelpAge network to take…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2015
Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages
Positive Power!
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Positive Power!

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, I could not help but ponder on what the day means to…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
Positive Power!
Porn. Panic. Ban.
Quote written on a grey background: "If we really want to have a meaningful conversation around porn, it's time we stopped talking about its imagined harms."
Porn. Panic. Ban.

I’m convinced we’re having the wrong conversation around digital porn. If we really want to have a meaningful conversation around porn, it’s time we stopped talking about its imagined harms. It’s time we started talking about actual harms. It’s time we started talking about the fault lines of consent.
By Curated Content
April 18, 2016
Porn. Panic. Ban.
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
"Free XXX movie" written in bold. A small photo over it reads "censored". Two more small blurred pictures are dropped over it.
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.

By Karthik Shankar This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  It was fifth grade;…
By Curated Content
February 15, 2015
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders

Stress, burn out, uncontrollable emotional outbursts, depression, anxiety, migraines and cancer, are some of the effects that human rights defense work has on women human rights defenders (WHRD)s around the world, and the ones that often make them quit their important work. AWID spoke with Jessica Horn, Senior Advisor for the African Institute for Integrated Responses to Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (AIR) about the politics of self-care and well-being for WHRDs.
By Curated Content
February 18, 2017
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Poem of desire and (dis)ability
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Poem of desire and (dis)ability

they say my body is broken they look at me with pity but little do they know when i scream…
By Curated Content
August 16, 2017
Poem of desire and (dis)ability
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities

This post was originally posted here. By Nivea Jain September 30, 2021 — While the social dimensions of gender inequality…
By Curated Content
April 18, 2022
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
Pakistan’s slow but steady progress on ending child marriage
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Pakistan’s slow but steady progress on ending child marriage

Law passed in Sindh province shows that despite religious opposition, steps taken to outlaw child marriage are taking effect. By: Mohammad…
By Curated Content
June 15, 2014
Pakistan’s slow but steady progress on ending child marriage
Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o’s Speech on Beauty That Left An Entire Audience Speechless
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Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o’s Speech on Beauty That Left An Entire Audience Speechless

But a few days before her historic Oscar win (for the first movie she’s ever been in!) Lupita accepted an award for Best Breakthrough Performance at the seventh annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon hosted by Essence magazine. It was there she delivered a speech on beauty that every little girl should hear.
By Curated Content
May 15, 2014
Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o’s Speech on Beauty That Left An Entire Audience Speechless
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
"Let's talk about sex" written twice - once in black, and once in blue in bold stencil format on a white background. Below are two stick figures. A cloud bubble shows one of them saying, "OMG".
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing

By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  I remember an…
By Curated Content
January 16, 2015
Of Giggles, Whispers and Embarrassed Teachers : The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That Taught Us Nothing
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
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Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies

By Shambhavi Saxena This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  Various forms of media have…
By Curated Content
January 28, 2015
Of Curvy Women And Rugged Men: The Endless Search For ‘Ideal’ And ‘Desirable’ Bodies
New Project Sheds Light on Pakistan’s Lesser Known Feminist History
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New Project Sheds Light on Pakistan’s Lesser Known Feminist History

[slideshow_deploy id=’7496′] It had been there for decades  — a red, blue and white flag unfurling in the wind, an…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
New Project Sheds Light on Pakistan’s Lesser Known Feminist History
My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration
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My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration

By: Priyanka Sacheti at the IMOW Blog When you hear the word “illustration,” what does it conjure for you? For…
By Curated Content
March 15, 2014
My Cup of Tea: Narrating Collective and Individual Stories through Illustration
Mumbai Artist Draws Dating Life in the Digital Age
Its cartoon of a guy wearing onky an underwear and a red cape (like superman) and a girl is holding his hand wearing a t-shirt with S written on it, she's also wearing a cape. Both of them are wearing sunglasses.The background of the image features buildings and cars.
Mumbai Artist Draws Dating Life in the Digital Age

All this online dating activity must surely produce amusing stories. It was with this thought that Mumbai-based writer and illustrator Indu Kumar set about her art project #100IndianTinderTales.
By Curated Content
June 1, 2017
Mumbai Artist Draws Dating Life in the Digital Age
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