"india" Articles & Blogs:
India's economy and women's influence
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What a great time to be in India! I am having the good fortune of visiting this great country for the next couple of weeks and it is such an exciting time. On March 8, which is International Women's Day, The Women's Reservation Bill was the topic of di...[Read on] |
New Female Troops Patrol South Bengal Frontier
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BONGAON, India (WOMENSENEWS)--The clear blue sky with twirls of white clouds rises above lush green fields while a soft wind blows.
It is a quiet and picturesque spot in the southern region of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
But Rita Chakla, 23...[Read on] |
Yoga: Enlighten Up!: The "Reality" of the Documentary
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It surprised me reading that Enlighten Up! filmmaker Kate Churchill felt that with her latest documentary, she had removed herself from the picture more than any other film she’s created. While I enjoyed many aspects, there was so much of her in it: her...[Read on] |
'Witches' Burned in Kenya
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An angry mob killed five people, four of them women, accused of practicing witchcraftPost | Today 9:45 am
Turns out some people haven’t quite made it to the 21st century.
Five people were burned at the stake in Kenya last week because their ne...[Read on] |
All-Women Public Transportation in India
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Tired of sexual harassment in the form of pinches, stares, taunting, groping, and catcalling, Indian women now have access to all-women commuter trains, dubbed the Ladies Special, in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta.
India would seem to be a count...[Read on] |
Could a woman get nominated for best director this year?
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Another of the post-Cannes write ups include a supposition that 2009 might be a year where a woman could get a best director nod which would be the first since Sophia Coppola in 2003 for Lost in Translation. (H/T to Guy Lodge from In Contention for even...[Read on] |
Toronto Announces Docs to Screen at Festival
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The Toronto Film Festival has announced 25 documentaries that will screen at this year’s festival.
While I won’t pretend that this site or any other has influence on the decisions that are made on what films to screen, I couldn’t help but smile w...[Read on] |
Oscar-winning short Smile Pinki to air on HBO, June 3
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Megan and Pinki go to the Oscar
It’s hard to watch Megan Mylan’s Oscar winning short film Smile Pinki without having emotions. At the beginning it was sadness, but by the end you can’t stop smiling as much a Pinki the young Indian girl whose life...[Read on] |
Eat Pray Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert was miserable. She crashed out of her marriage, careened into another relationship way too quickly and was just overwhelmed and seriously fucked up. She needed a change — not just a haircut or new clothes — a fundamental change...[Read on] |
Lady Salamanders rep US at Homeless World Cup in Brazil
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Eight women from homeless shelters across the country make up the Lady Salamanders, a street soccer soccer currently in Rio, Brazil for the 8th Annual Homeless World Cup competition which wraps Sunday Sept 26th.
Philanthropist and businesswoman Sheila Jo...[Read on] |
Skier’s perfume blends rose oil with confidence
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Ahh, the sweet smell of success.
2009 U.S. freestyle skiing champion Michelle Roark, has never lacked ambition. At age 5, she decided she wanted to become a chemical engineer and compete in the Winter Olympics.
Roark has been to one Olympics (Torino), ...[Read on] |
A Chick’s Guide to Summer Movies
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When I’m at school, I’m stuck in the bubble. For my first few months of freshmen year, I even forgot that new movies came out - sad, I know. It’s gotten a little bit better, but I still never see new movies unless I’m on vacation - and I barely ...[Read on] |
Do Kick-Ass Action Heroines Move Gender Sterotypes Forward or Just Perpetuate The Current Ones?
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Last week I read a report in an Australian paper and from Yahoo in India about some important research done here in the US on female action characters in films. I was kind of surprised not to see the research picked up wider so I went directly to the re...[Read on] |
Renting a Car Overseas - Great Tips from the Experts
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For many of us, summer is synonymous with "road trip": The simple and joyful act of packing your family into your car and driving to new and exciting destinations.
It gets a little less simple when you plan a "fly and drive" excursion involving a rental...[Read on] |
More Women at Toronto
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The Toronto Film Festival has added more films including Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria as the closing night film. (description from indiewire)
Set between 1836, the year before her ascension, to 1840, the year she married Prince Alb...[Read on] |
The 13th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival kicks off September 16
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If you are in the SF area…
The MadCat Women’s International Film Festival is the longest running experimental women’s film festival in the United States. Known for it’s inventive programming that highlights avant-garde works, lush experimental fi...[Read on] |
Make a Difference and See the World: Volunteer Abroad
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Summer is the one time of year where you get to kick back, work on your tan and enjoy a schedule free of impending deadlines, pop quizzes and lengthy term papers. You may spend your time away from school picking up extra hours at work, penciling in an int...[Read on] |
Changing the Culture that Creates…. Us
| (Ed. Note: Author Crystal Allene Cook is the former executive director of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.)
Whispering Wall
At the beginning, none of us probably really understood what was needed to
do the job. Granted, I’d been invol...[Read on] |
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