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A Hollow Promise of Equal Opportunity Under the New Disabilities Act

Anusha Reddy 24/05/2017

The new law has missed the opportunity to recognise...

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Criminalising Forest-Dwellers Has Not Helped India’s Forests or Wildlife. It’s Time for a New Deal.

Meenal Tatpati and Sneha Gutgutia 23/05/2017

Instead of evicting forest-dwelling communities for engaging in traditional...

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Gender Confirmation Surgeries up by 19% in the US

Daniel Trotta 22/05/2017

A majority were male-to-female surgeries and only 0.9% of...

The MSF-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes on April 28 2016. Credit: Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters

The Syrian War Is Normalising the Weaponisation of Health Care

Xavier Symons 12/05/2017

It's estimated that at least 800 medical personnel have...

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India’s Abortion Laws Need to Change and in the Pro-Choice Direction

Saumya Rai and Sajid Sheikh 11/05/2017

Irrespective of the marital status of women, access to...

The aim behind the NITI Aayog and PMO's plan is to reduce government expenditure on autonomous bodies. Credit: PTI

Disability Activists Claim Niti Aayog’s Action Agenda Is Inaccessible to the Visually Impaired

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 06/05/2017

The Three Year Action Agenda of the Niti Aayog...

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Protestors May Have Stopped POSCO, But the Fight Isn’t Over Yet

Jayabrata Sarkar 14/04/2017

Despite the POSCO Pratirodha Sangram Samiti's successful agitation, the...