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Dalit Stops Cleaning Dry Toilets, Becomes Leader

By Swapna Majumdar ● Employment ● October 6, 2014

Choti Bai has left the dehumanizing work behind and is helping other Dalit women follow her lead. Manual scavenging is illegal in India but activists estimate that over a million people, mostly women, are still caught in it.

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Widow Joins All-Male Ranks as Railroad Porter

By Swapna Majumdar ● Employment ● August 25, 2014

Defying extremely rigid gender-based traditions, a 32-year-old Rajasthan widow left her village and broke into the all-male ranks of railway porters in the capital city of Jaipur. Now she’s planning a better life for her children.

India Adopts Rules for Ads; Ebola Deaths Higher for Women

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● August 23, 2014

India’s advertising council has taken a strong stand against portraying people with dark skin negatively. Also this week, women’s caretaking roles have resulted in a disproportionate number of Ebola deaths: they are 60 percent of all those who died.

India’s Men Assist Maternal Health Campaign

By Swapna Majumdar ● Uncategorized ● August 18, 2014

Women are running the “cold chains” crucial to the success of any immunization drive. They’re also administering the medicine, keeping track of records and swaying male attitudes that seemed unalterably opposed just 10 years ago.

Fed Fund Breastfeeding; India May Bar Same-Sex Adoption

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● August 16, 2014

Seventy communities in the United States will receive a total of $2.9 million in federal funds to support breastfeeding. Also this week, India’s federal cabinet voted to bar same-sex couples from adopting children.

Donor Deaths in India Highlight Surrogacy Perils

By Swapna Majumdar ● Uncategorized ● June 16, 2014

Two women have died from causes tied to their role as egg donors in India’s booming market for artificial reproduction. Advocates are pressing the government to publicize health warnings and pass regulations.

Clinton Says Roles Improving; Mass Assaults in Egypt

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 13, 2014

Prospects and the appreciation for women’s roles are improving everywhere from Liberia to Japan, says Hillary Clinton. Yet, during celebrations for Egypt’s new president, Tahrir Square was the site of a series of sexual assaults.

Seattle Ups Min Wage; Barbarous Attacks in India

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● June 6, 2014

Seattle’s City Council has approved an increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also this week, more horrific assaults against women and girls in India.

Nigeria Preps for Freed Girls; Jailed Mom Sues

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● May 30, 2014

Nigerians are preparing for the special health care needed schoolgirls when they return. Meanwhile, a jailed Texas woman who was denied medical care while in labor, sued saying the prison’s refusal to help her caused her infant’s death.

Menstrual Hygiene Day Links Periods and Human Rights

By Amanda Klasing ● Uncategorized ● May 27, 2014

Handling periods (or “menstrual hygiene management” as experts call it) isn’t the first thing one might associate with human rights. Yet the link between realization of rights for women and girls and menstrual hygiene management could not be clearer.