Category: Blog
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Rickshawalas Movie
A Journey to inspire change- Rickshawalas Rickshawalas: Nirav Shah, Dilisha Patel, Janvi Shah, Kavi Shah, Kushan Shah, Raveena Nagaria, Bhavik Haria, Nishil Shah, Aarti Shah & Kushal Shah The Rickshawalas Project – A challenging initiative by members of CARE Youth to drive their own auto-rickshaws across 1800km of the roads of India from…
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Charity trip of a lifetime Part 2
CAREducation Trust’s Rickshawalas: A way of life- Part 2 So the charity trip had begun, which basically to me was the beginning of the end, how wrong I was! There were so many ups and downs of the trip, people left us, people joined us, but our team was united. Throughout the trip, every morning…
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Charity trip of a lifetime
CAREducation Trust’s Rickshawalas: A way of life- Part 1 Fresh out of graduating from an MSc course in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research, as many other graduates I was lost. I had no idea what I was going to do, what my next step was going to be. Right on cue, enter Nirav, who brought…
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About Dilisha
Hello All, I have been publishing on this page for almost a year now and I wanted to share a little more about myself. Prior to and during posting my work here, my views have been shared in various places. I am going to be posting them all here so do be aware that they…
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One Billion Rising- 14th February Coming Soon!
1 in 3 women are violently attacked or raped in their lifetime. Is this a statistic that we can accept? Or will you join One Billion Rising? Why should we Rise? 14th February 2013, one billion all over the world are rising. The One Billion Rising campaign has evoked interest, passion and commitment all over…
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Delhi Gang Rape: Will the next step be Change?
Since the Delhi Gang Rape, have attitudes changed? Will Gender inequality be abolished? Can we make a difference? So many days have passed yet we cannot move from our minds and heart the tragedy of Jyoti Singh Pandey, where she was brutally and fatally raped and violently attacked. Since the incident, which has been named,…
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Delhi Gang Rape- SOS- Save Our Sisters against Violence
Time for India to change its stance on Rape & violence against woman The Delhi gang rape, yet again another horrendous attack has caused the world to respond in outrage. On 16th December, a young 23 year old woman and her male companion were on their way home from watching a movie. They travelled by…
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Savita Halappanavar- Abortion Refusal, did this kill her?
Abortion Laws and its implications Savita Halappanavar tragically lost her life on 28/10/12; the cause of death was reported to be septicaemia. However the headlines reported that it was due to the refusal of an abortion.
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MDG 3: The Update
MDG 3- Progress thus far MDG 3 is a comprehensive target to achieve. How would we attempt to measure or quantify gender equality and the empowerment of women? This is why along with the main outline of the target to achieve; there are indicators that are used as proxies for this. These are as follows:…
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
What are the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? The Millennium Development Goals, (MDG) were declared in the year 2000 at the Millennium Summit where world leaders congregated and adopted the United Nations Millennium declaration. These ideals were further consolidated into eight main goals to be achieved by the year 2015. These eight goals are listed below…