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An Alarming Trend in India Due to Gender Imbalance
Listen to a woman who is married to a husband yet is shared among his brothers. Women's Rights in India part 7/8
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Women's Safety in Delhi: A Glimpse of Hope and the Cost of Change
This video transcript highlights the story of a brave woman in Delhi who works as a cab driver at night to ensure the safety of women traveling alone. It sheds light on the issue of women's security in India, particularly in the...
History Hit
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: Thatcher and Europe
Did Margaret Thatcher matter on the global stage? How should we think about her and Europe? What will it take for the British people to rediscover their love for Margaret Thatcher? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 5
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Shirley Chisholm: Equal Rights for Women
In 1969 Shirley Chisholm, the first African American Woman elected to Congress spoke to the US House of Representatives to argue in support of a controversial women’s rights bill; the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Honor Killings: The Battle for Tradition and Justice
This video discusses the issue of honor killings in India and the power of the cup and child, a caste-based community, in protecting their traditions. It follows the story of Mahvish and Abdulhakim, a couple from different castes who...
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: The Falkland war
Was Charles Moore struck by how little historians accept that people can change? Would we have had the Margaret Thatcher we know today without the Falkland war? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 2
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: A presidential role
What did Charles Moore's research consist of? Was Margaret Thatcher a part of a transition from British Prime Minister to a more presidential world stage? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 4
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Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas’: Great Art Explained
Frida Kahlo is the most famous female artist in history. She deviated from the traditional portrayal of female beauty in art, and instead chose to paint raw and honest experiences. A near fatal bus accident at 18 left Frida crippled and...
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: Criticism or praise
How much criticism or praise does she deserve in terms of de-industrialization? What are Charles Moore's thoughts on the idea about the era of the individual at that time? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 3
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The Dark Reality of Sex-Selective Abortions
This video explores the issue of sex-selective abortions in India, where more than one in 10 girls are aborted. A local journalist and his friend go undercover to expose clinics offering these services, highlighting the black market...
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Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi: Great Art Explained
Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...
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Bachelor Life and the Changing Dynamics of Marriage in Bulandshahr
This video explores the challenges faced by bachelors in Bulandshahr, India, where the shortage of women has led to changing gender roles within families. It also discusses the prevalence of arranged marriages in India and the...
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The Challenge of Finding Love in India's Imbalanced Gender Ratio
This video explores the consequences of the traditional patriarchal system in India, where men vastly outnumber women in certain areas. Through interviews with single men in a town with a skewed sex ratio, the video highlights the...
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Exploring Patriarchy in Modern India
In this video, the narrator explores the deeply patriarchal society of Haryana, a region in northern India. Through an encounter with a progressive leader of a caste-based council, the video sheds light on the challenges faced by women...
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Who was Sojourner Truth?
How a former slave - bought and sold four times - became a powerful speaker and a champion of women's rights.
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Mary Church Terrell: Championing Suffrage and Civil Rights
Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.
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Cult of Domesticity
The Cult of Domesticity was a school of thought that middle and upper class women should be confined to the home and aspire to be model wives and mothers. But it wasn’t just men who thought that way, many women did too!
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Documentary about groundbreaking Lilith Fair premieres at TIFF
New ReviewThe Toronto International Film Festival is hosting the premiere of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, about Sarah McLachlan’s all-women music festival that ran from 1997 to 1999 and featured artists including Missy Elliott and Nelly...
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Moroccan feminist activist's blasphemy trial postponed
New ReviewThe postponement brings both hope and tension, as her supporters rally for civil liberties, while conservative voices call for strict enforcement of religious protections.
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Rex Murphy | Canada's feminist-focused foreign-aid policy
Rex Murphy looks at the Liberal government's new gender equality-focused international assistance policy, which aims to help women and girls around the world.
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Why the Tragically Hip is 'Canada's band'
'I can't think of another band that has touched so many diverse groups of people, so many different Canadians,' says CBC Music's Andrea Warner
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Chileans warn pandemic exploited to compromise women's rights
Feminist groups say COVID-19 crisis is being used to reduce civil liberties.
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Feminist groups hold mass Women's Day marches across Chile
Groups estimate more than one million women rallied across the country for women's rights and against state repression.
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The silence of feminists in the face of genocide in Gaza
Western feminist movements have mobilised for women’s rights around the world—except when it comes to Palestine.