Becky Blab

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Entries from July 2008

Blasts in Bangalore, now Ahmedabad

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

My prayers go out to all those affected.

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Tags: politics · religion

Dear old dysentery

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I’m back from the dead, no thanks to my friend E.coli, which apparently is in the water here. During monsoon, the water stagnates, and there’s not an effective drainage or sewage system. But I’m not entirely sure that’s the source of my suffering, nor will I ever really know; yet Aquaguard is running its [...]

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Tags: economic development · health & well-being · human development

NYT highlights rising relevance of blogging

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Two recent articles from the New York times have grabbed my attention. From Monday, My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors discusses how one blogger has traded his lucrative career in medicine to focus full-time on his equally lucrative hobby blog. But the prestige is not distributed equally among the genders. [...]

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Tags: activism · feminism · gender bias · media

Deliver Now

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

As part of the “Deliver Now for Women + Children” advocacy campaign by White Ribbon Alliance, a day-long workshop to build consensus and agree on a common advocacy agenda for maternal, newborn and child health issues in India was held on 22nd July. As per their invitation e-mail, This meeting is expected to contribute to [...]

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Tags: activism · health & well-being · reproduction and repro rights · sex and sexuality

The Hunger Project Women’s Leadership Workshop

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

[google 3838100038489859956] Click here to read more about the Hunger Project’s work in India.

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Tags: activism · empowerment · human development · leadership · politics