Human Rights

Saturday, September 27, 2014

UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity

Noel Celis—AFP

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INDIA AND CHINA ABSTAINED, WHILE 25 COUNTRIES, MOSTLY FROM WESTERN AND LATIN AMERICA, VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.

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Labels: Agence France-Presse, Gender Identity, human rights, LGBT, Newsweek, Secretary of State John Kerry, Sexual Orientation, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, United States

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

India gets first transgender news anchor

Supreme Court recently recognised "third gender" status for the transgender community [Courtesy Padmini Prakash]

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Labels: Al Jazeera, Central & South Asia, Coimbatore, India, Lotus TV, Padmini Prakash, Priyanka Gupta, Transgender

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

The 3 L's of women's empowerment

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Photo by: International Monetary Fund / CC BY-NC-ND

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Labels: Christine Lagarde, Devex, gender equality, human rights, IMF, International Monetary Fund, UN Women, women empowerment

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