Reforms urged to tackle violence against women in India
The Lancet April 27, 2013 India’s medical system needs to be more responsive to the needs of women who have been victims of interpersonal violence, say experts and campaigners. Amy […]
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The icddr,b—saving lives in Bangladesh and beyond
The Lancet April 20, 2013 On a hot spring afternoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, an autorickshaw buzzes down the driveway to the hospital at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, […]
No Heights Too Steep
Ms. Magazine February 2013 The First Woman to Climb Everest is Now an Activist DURING HER ASCENT OF Mount Everest in 1975, Junko Tabei narrowly avoided disaster. The Japanese mountaineer was buried in an […]
After a Fatal Rape, Paths to Change
New York Times Weekly January 24, 2013 NEW DELHI — Crowds converged in Delhi last month to protest the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student that shocked […]
Nepal Sees End in Sight for Trachoma
The Lancet, June 23, 2012 Nepal is on track to eliminate the eye disease by 2014, according to a recent meeting of health experts. Amy Yee reports on the country’s […]
In India, a Small Pill, With Positive Side Effects
New York Times, Opinionator April 4, 2012 On a cool February morning in north Delhi, India, 35 third graders sat at small desks in a spartan but tidy classroom. They […]
The Next Dalai Lama Should Be a Woman
Slate (Double X) October 8, 2009 At least that’s what the current one says. The Dalai Lama is known as a symbol of peace, compassion, and nonviolence. During his visit […]
Tibetan Education Thrives in Exile
Christian Science Monitor: March 6, 2009 As Tibetans mark 50 years since China’s occupation of Tibet, the exile community sees a major accomplishment in creating a network of schools that […]
Tenacity in the face of prejudice
Financial Times October 15, 2008 If Kiran Mazumdar Shaw had had her way, she would have been a brewer. Inspired by her father, a brewmaster at United Breweries, Ms Mazumdar […]
Healthcare, powered commerce
Financial Times December 12, 2007 In the village of Dorogram, two hours’ drive from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Asia Begum sits on a chair in front of huts made of […]
