by YGB | Apr 12, 2021 | Global News
By Eva OntiverosBBC World Service A new Unicef report suggests millions more underage girls are at risk of being forced into marriage around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. Global school closures, the economic downturn and the interruption of support...
by YGB | Mar 31, 2021 | Global News
Illustration: Aasawari Kulkarni/Feminism In India (https://feminisminindia.com/2020/02/20/new-stock-images-rape/) If you benefit from YOGA, please consider joining YGB to empower these young girls in India with education and equal opportunities so they can stand for...
by YGB | Mar 30, 2021 | Global News
“I feel like it’s a beacon of hope in the middle of all this darkness.”— Priya Ramani, a journalist, on being cleared of wrongdoing in a defamation suit By Emily Schmall via The New York Times A powerful politician sued Priya Ramani for criminal defamation after she...
by YGB | Mar 25, 2021 | Global News
In a country plagued with malnutrition, government support has led to wasted crop surpluses. But with jobs lacking, many feel they have little choice but to work the land. By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh via The New York Times BHAGWANPURA, India — The farmer sat...
by YGB | Mar 10, 2021 | Global News
A protest against rape last year in Gauhati, India. Credit…Anupam Nath/Associated Press By Shalini Venugopal Bhagat and Hari Kumar via The New York Times At one hearing, the head of the Supreme Court asked a 23-year-old accused of raping a minor whether he would...
by YGB | Mar 2, 2021 | Global News
Anandi Gopal Joshi: First Female Doctor (1865 – 1887) “Be grateful for challenges because…had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilization and...
