South Asia | India | Culture

#SelfieWithDaughter: Indian men tweet heartwarming photos to raise the status of women

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Thousands of people from India are taking to Twitter to post pictures of themselves with their daughters under the hashtag #SelfieWithDaughter. The hashtag emerged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a social media campaign urging fathers to take pictures with their daughters. The best are being re-tweeted as part of the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' (Save girl child, educate girl child) scheme, which aims to improve welfare of girls and combat female foeticide in India. Speaking on his monthly radio program, 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi voiced his concerns on the declining
South Asia | India | Entrepreneurship

This product new product helps Indian women stand and pee in dirty public toilets

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Public toilets are a curse for all women in the World. Every single woman thinks ten times before using a public toilet because most of them are unhygienic and we women have to sit and pee. Now an invention by three Indian men called Pee Buddy may change the way women pee once for all. For those times when we need to stand and pee. Here's what the founders say about the product: “Loos in India are unclean and the chances of contracting infectious diseases are high. So, we launched ‘PeeBuddy’ which is India’s first portable urine director. A revolutionary eco-friendly product, Pee
Europe | Denmark | Society

Retired Danish women ‘happiest of the happy’

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Getting older is not all doom and gloom, at least not if you’re a woman retiring in Denmark. A new study shows that retired, Danish women are the happiest people in Europe. The study was carried out by Eurostat, according to Danmarks Radio. Retired Danish women reported a “happiness score” of 8.5 out of 10, according to The Economist. It may be surprising that it is the older generation and not the youth that is the happiest. But there is a reason for this, according to Christian Bjørnskov, professor of national economy and a researcher specialising in happiness at Aarhus Universi
North America | United States | Activism

This Store Lets Women Pay Less Than Men to Combat the Wage Gap

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The prices in Less Than 100 work like this: if you’re a woman (or identify as a woman) you only pay 76% of the retail price for any product in the shop. If you’re a man, you pay 100%. The discounted rate is relative to what women earn in Pennsylvania compared to men (76 cents to every dollar). In addition to this eye-opening tactic, the store also hosts events surrounding the issue. For instance, next week you can attend a candid conversation with women entrepreneurs on confidence, pricing and self-worth. A few days later, they’re organizing a bus tour around the city that takes attende