wow, this is pretty amazing! this is a great example of women's empowerment movement driven by women themselves..

Quoted: Amarnath Tewary reports on a group of women who run an unique news programme in a village in Bihar.

i appreciate the attempt to socially dissolve this system, but is literally throwing money at the problem ethical or effective? how is this different from getting a dowry from the girl's parents? now you're getting it from the gov't (man or woman).

Quoted: BAIRAGHAR, India- Plenty of women may feel they deserve an award for marrying their husbands, but Madhavi Arwar is actually getting one -- from the Indian government, no less.

omg! that's terrible. I don't know which side is right and who's wrong...i mean it probably closed to preserve safety, but at the same time, these people probably literally live day to day, and not having any earnings, i'm sure is extremely difficult!

Quoted: Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together on Wednesday as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered closed after violent protests by residents last week.

uh...67 kids? wtf?

Quoted: Despite having eight wives and 67 children, Shahadeh Abu Arrar, a member of Israel’s impoverished Bedouin Arab community, told Israel media that he is seeking a ninth wife.

this is just outrageous...i can't believe no one is doing anything about these poor girl children.

Quoted: An Afghan girl describes how her father, wracked with gambling debts, sold her to another man, into marriage when she was just 7

Quoted: To dye or not to dye. That is the question in the latest feminist debate over aging and authenticy.

Ha! Condy should have the Indian Aunty look: the bangs are gray/white, and the rest of the hair black, jet black.

Quoted: The Delhi government says that a ban on women serving alcohol should stay because of men's poor behaviour.

wow, this is such bs. if the Supreme Court ends up upholding the 92-yr-old law, it will be a shameful day in India. How do other cities with high crime rates handle this problem? What about Bombay, New York, LA, etc.

Quoted: Women are assigned to departments like artillery, signals, engineering and intelligence but they are not allowed in close combat duties. And once retired, they are not entitled to a pension.

Outrageous...this is such bs! You can fight for your country, give your life, and just b/c you're a woman, the country doesn't give you anything back. I can't believe Indian armyMEN still believe that women shouldn't be part of the army...how ludicrous. I wonder if US army women have such problems. This is the first time I've read an article about women officers in the Indian Army.