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#25-22 DURGA PUJA … Kolkata celebrates a fierce Goddess

October 4, 2022December 20, 2022 helyah130276com31375

Durga is a major Hindu Goddess, whose many powers include motherhood, war, and the destruction of all evil. Puja is

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#49-21 Food Sovereignty … A grassroots movement in India

March 22, 2022June 9, 2022 helyah130276com31375 activism, agriculture, biodiversity, earth sciences, education, education policy, environment, food and nutrition, health, politics, regional, science and technology, society and culture, south-Asia, women

The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,

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#48-21 Solar Nuns of Pakistan … Changing lives by bringing light

March 14, 2022May 25, 2022 helyah130276com31375 education, environment, regional, religion, science and technology, society and culture, south-Asia, spirituality, united states, women

Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing

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#30-21 Rape and Resistance in Bangladesh … Lessons learned from Canada

November 12, 2021January 26, 2022 helyah130276com31375 education, feminism, health, politics, regional, sexuality, society and culture, south-Asia, women

In 2020, massive public demonstrations led the government of Bangladesh to raise the maximum penalty for rape; but these university

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#28-21 Witch Accusations … A continuing scourge

October 30, 2021January 9, 2022 helyah130276com31375 activism, africa, asia, childhood, education, europe, politics, regional, society and culture, south-Asia, women

Witchcraft Accusations, Violence and Torture of Women and Children was a parallel event at the 2015 UN Commission on the

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#21-21 Female Priests in India … Liberate Hindu weddings

September 6, 2021March 24, 2022 helyah130276com31375 arts and culture, education, feminism, music, politics, regional, religion, society and culture, south-Asia, spirituality, women

India’s new female priestesses are solemnizing weddings, breaking barriers and stereotypes in the formerly patriarchal sphere. Priestess weddings simplify and

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#09-21 Swayam, Kolkata … Rescuing Men from Patriarchy

June 16, 2021September 14, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, arts and culture, education, feminism, politics, regional, society and culture, south-Asia, women

Swayam, founded in 1995, supports girls and women who’ve faced gender violence, but their new campaign is directed at men

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#05-21 Green Counter-Revolution … Local organic women farmers in India

May 18, 2021July 27, 2021 helyah130276com31375 education, environment, health, regional, science and technology, society and culture, south-Asia

The so-called Green Revolution in India increased one measure of “productivity” at the cost of much else, including nutrition, sustainability,

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#33-20 Radical Futures … Young Climate Feminist Leaders Talk

December 14, 2020February 15, 2021 helyah130276com31375 activism, agriculture, arts and culture, asia, biodiversity, childhood, climate change, environment, feminism, first nations, forestry, health, Latin-America, pollution, society and culture, south-Asia, united states

On September 25, 2020, WEDO (the Women’s Environment and Development Organization) hosted a virtual “Radical Futures Roundtable: Young Climate Feminists

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#30-20 India’s Water Warrior Women … Essential approaches to fast-encroaching drought

November 11, 2020January 25, 2021 helyah130276com31375 agriculture, climate change, earth sciences, education, environment, health, politics, pollution, regional, science and technology, society and culture, south-Asia

In India, water is a women’s issue and a woman’s burden, but only concerted community action can ensure water for

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