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Czech women are raised with names that imply almost patronage. In youth, their names would suggest paternal ownership. That is because Czech women traditionally add the suffix “ova” to their last names.
The suffix “ova” is allegiance to whatever...
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Paloma lives in the basement of a tall, regal-looking building on a smart street in west London. Hers is a spacious studio flat with a neat patio area, just big enough...
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Given the way women have made their mark in various fields, the anxiousness of fair sex to join combat duties would not sound too odd. However, having said that,...
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Sexual harassment of women in the Arab world is, unfortunately, a daily burden they must carry. For the record, by harassment I do not mean cropping or worse but the...
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At the rate rape is gaining prominence in media, I wonder if it should be designated as national/most popular sport (at least among male). Forget ladies even...
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Library. A girl is pretending to search for her lost mobile phone, in a sensuous way. She needs the man’s smell phone to find out hers. She makes a call from his cell...
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Always wear Hijab (Veil), cover yourself from head to toe, wear sun- glasses, always look front and back to make sure all is well with your clothes....
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Meira Kumar was today elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha after emerging as the consensus candidate of the ruling UPA led by her party Congress as...
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A recent Supreme Court judgement has focused attention on gender discrimination in the Hindu Succession Act. V. Kumara Swamy investigates
Gender warp: According to the...
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How can women perceive or believe themselves to be Gods when they are so programmed to believe otherwise ie. unworthy, unwanted, sinful and not complete unless there is...
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Elizabeth Edwards may have very sad attitude towards life with her battle against breast cancer, but she made it sure that she won’t take anything wrong and against...
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Why do men cheat?
This is one question that has baffled women for generations. I have a surprising answer to it. And I will reveal it here for the very first...
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Women working in the federal government still earn less than their male counterparts, but the pay gap is shrinking.
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He also used to feed her acid. After all, he wanted a son. To demonstrate how rampant acid attacks against women and children are in Muslim-majority Bangladesh,...
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Irina Mikitenko of Germany has won the London Marathon for the second consecutive year.
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Phetsile Ndwandwe, short, skinny and 23 years old, accepts an apple from a development worker and nibbles at it, stripping the peel with her teeth before handing the...
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The new U.S. ambassador for global women’s issues pledged Thursday the Obama administration’s “deep commitment” to a U.N. blueprint aimed at...
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Vancouver Olympic organizers argue that the decision to exclude women ski jumpers from competition next year is not theirs to reverse.
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Women’s college basketball is getting good marks in racial diversity for its coaching hires.
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The evangelical men’s organization Promise Keepers waived conference admission fees and brought in standup comics trying to recapture its mid-1990s influence. The...
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Japan’s Wakako Tsuchida (Wah-KAH-koh Tu-SHEE-dah) has won her third straight wheelchair competition in the Boston Marathon.
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I happened to read this article in Rediff Get Ahead and was astonished to know the history of Breakthrough which is celebrating 20th anniversary and Bell Bajao the new...
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Sexual harassment of women in the Arab world is, unfortunately, a daily burden they must carry. For the record, by harassment I do not mean cropping or worse but the...
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The Daily Show is by far the most astute, sharp and humorous news program in the United States, a nation where public discourse is usually very low-brow.
Last night,...
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Tunisia is regressive in many field - human rights, political freedom, ect.. - but it does excel regionally in one arena: women’s rights.
Tunisian independence...
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The newest fruit of female emancipation was nurtured in New Zealand where, according to the media, local Nephritises are aggressively choosing sex partners.
As...
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Telenovelas as a staple of Latin American television watching. Unlike American series that run as long as possible [some beyond their welcome], telenovelas are...
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It is no more a man’s world and a majority of men firmly believe that the world is dominated by “the better half” and they have lost
their traditional...
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All the characters in the article are imaginary and have no resemblance to any person living or dead. Any co–incidence is purely co–incidental.
Priyanka is a...
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A Knesset - Israel’s parliament - think tank was reported that their study showed that 20% of prisoners in the nation’s jails are there for domestic...
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Sub: Proposal to make marital laws a part of academic syllabus in...
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Assumptions and hidden agendas wherever involved in the foundation and design of any society, can lead to serious problems over the years. Being deemed as the...
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Sixty-six women are attacked with acid in 9 years from 1999 to 2008 and there is suddenly a huge hue and cry to get a law against acid attacks. Well this act is by no...
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“Family against woman or 21st century women against family?”
“Two years after the law to protect women from domestic violence was enacted, it continues to be...
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I went to a meeting last night at the House of Commons about abortion rights and the up-coming amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. At the meeting...
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On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, last week, my parents’ dining room table was home to a political debate at least as interesting as the VP...
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Ashaiman women have vowed to march nude and sleep with the Deputy Prime Minster of Local Government & Rural Development, Maxwell Kofi Jumah. This is in protest of...
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America stands divided, this time not on the basis of racial segregation rather on the question of a female president. Just before New Hampshire Primary polls by a...
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Though women are cattle for some men, these latter are constantly disturbed and agitated by mere cows. So when I hear of Iraqi terrorists insisting on killing Christian...
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I repeat,
The Count your master’s known munificence
Is ample warrant that no just pretence
Of mine for dowry will be disallowed;
Though his fair daughter’s...
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