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India: The Sexual Harassment Bill (2010)

By RezwanNaina Kapurtakes a critical look at the Sexual Harassment Bill (2010) which was recently introduced in India.Submitted by New Media Rights on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 1:33pmTweet WidgetFacebook...

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India: Bong Mom's Cookbook

Written by RezwanA Bengali Mom is posting mouth watering Bengali food recipes in her blog “Bong Mom's Cookbook“.Submitted by New Media Rights on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 2:25pmTweet WidgetFacebook LikeGoogle...

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India: Taxi Cab For Women In Delhi

Shital Shah at Think Change Indiawrites that an innovative start up in Delhi, which is training women to drive taxi cabs to provide abuse free transport for women.Written by Rezwan· comments (0) Share:...

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Bangladesh: Hartal In Pictures

The opposition parties in Bangladesh have started a 36-hour strike (hartal) that began at dawn Sunday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PhotobloggerMonirul Alam captures some actions during the strike in a photo...

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Bangladesh: Rumana Manzur - A Grim Reminder of Domestic Violence

On the 5th of June,  Rumana Manzur, an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Dhaka University, became the victim of a horrific case of domestic violence when she was brutally attacked...

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Bangladesh: Sexual Assault By A Teacher Triggers Student Uprising

The recent events at the Viqarunnisa Noon School and College (VNC), a prestigious girls educational institution in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, has stirred much buzz in the Bangladeshi blogosphere....

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Bangladesh: 40th Anniversary of The Concert For Bangladesh

Ever since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure arranged Live Aid, a dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine on 13 July 1985, which was aired to 2 million viewers from 150 countries,...

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Bangladesh: Fatwa Violence Still Exists

Cori Fleser at BRAC Blogreports that in spite of a 2001 judgment by the Supreme Court outlawing the practice of fatwa, the practice of such extrajudicial punishments still exists in Bangladesh and the...

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Bangladesh: Bloggers Will Not Be Silenced

The Jagannath University of Dhaka, initiated in 1858, is one of the oldest public educational institutes of Bangladesh. Many people in the country cannot afford expensive private tuition and depend on...

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