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Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. It is rampant in many parts of the world, where culture is used as an excuse to defend child abuse.

For more info on FGM: check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4n0zcsdoN0

Yemen has been in serious crisis since the Arab Spring. All the efforts to end war have been failed since neither of the parties is genuinely interested in ending it. All sides are being run by power-hungry leaders and its the civilians who are paying the price. Help the Yemenis by signing this petition and start a movement across the globe to end this inhumane treatment of innocent. Thousands of innocent civilians have lost their lives in pursuit of their freedom so isn't it the same?

The lockdown means they’re out of work for the next 3 weeks. With no income they can’t afford food. Before the government could announce relief packages, lakhs of them with children in tow began heading back to their villages within and across state borders. On foot, as there is no public transport either. All they want is to get back safely to their homes in their village. If we don't raise our voices for these helpless Indians then who will?bh

#HelpTheMigrants

TODAY nearly thousands of animals are dead and humans are in a critical situation due to a GAS LEAK and people attempted suicide after breathing poisonous gas from a plant LG POLYMERS in VIZAG, Andhra Pradesh, India. These types of industries that put the lives of people at risk must not be given permission and large amounts of penalty must be collected on behalf of victims.

It is a surefire method of spreading the contamination while the whole nation is maintaining social distancing. Let us drive away the ugliness from our roads and from the daily routine of the sanitation workers. Let us protect them and us not only from COVID -19 but all infectious diseases which may emerge in the future.

Reports of a rise in gender-based violence, as survivors are being forced to stay indoors in toxic environments, are coming in from all over the world - a very grave cause for concern. Seeking help against domestic violence is inherently complicated – and doubly so in situations of this sort because survivors may not be free to move out, may fear reprisals, may be silenced by extended members of family, or may even be immunocompromised.

A call to investigate and penalize the SENSELESS GENOCIDE OF ELEPHANTS underway in India! Between May 27th and June 15th at least eight elephants have been killed. Aside from all these amazing benefits to so many species of our planet, and of course people, elephants are considered to be the EMBODIMENT OF LORD GANESH!! Is this how we treat India's cultural icon, and heritage animal that had been granted a Schedule 1 status, and declared an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)?

To book a flight in India, it is mandatory to mention your gender or a Title which denotes the gender. None of the Airlines in India provide 'Transgender' as an available gender option, nor do they provide Gender-neutral Titles such as 'Mx.' The Transgender (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 mentions that transgender persons should not be denied or unfairly treated with regard to the right to movement and access to services. All airlines in India violate this Act.

Conversion therapy also called as "Gay Healing" is one of the most inhuman procedures used to “ALLEGEDLY CURE” Queerness and turn them Straight. It is a violation of human rights when LGBTQIA+ individuals are subjected to various forms of systemic violence such as corrective rape and hormone treatments. LGBTQIA+ lives are not up for debate, and their identities are not up for others to validate, fix, destroy or change.

How and why did we let this idea of fair=lovely dictate our ideals of beauty? It is because movies, advertisements, songs and society in general have carefully indoctrinated this message. Now, it's high time that this brand changes its narrative from fair-skin to fair-mind and doesn't demean dark skin anymore. Fair & lovely, be more inclusive and show us that #AllShadesAreLovely

A 4-year-old little girl, Shanmathi who was recently raped and murdered brutally by a 60 year old man, Meenakshi Sundaram. Later, the vicious 60-year-old himself agreed to the police that he was the one behind this brutal scene and narrated everything that happened. Without even pausing for a minute thinking about the baby, he brutally raped her and murdered her. The accused Meenakshi Sundaram has been arrested under the POCSO act (the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences). But he is claiming privileges in the name of a heart patient as he had gone through a heart by-pass surgery.

Rape needs to stop, its high time now. I request everyone to come together and FIGHT AGAINST RAPE by signing the petition and ask the government and the law makers to change the LAWS AGAINST RAPE.

We demand capital punishment for the rapists.These shamless human beings must be hanged till death. This is the only punishment that should be given to a rapist irrespective of age or gender.

Trees give us shade, clean air, they are home to varied species of birds, reptiles, squirrels. They give us rain, help in augmenting ground water resource. We need to stand by our TREES and urge our Navi Mumbai Commissioner to de-concretise and prevent the trees from any further concretization. With citizens support we have started a drive to make our Navi Mumbai a Green City. Your signature is extremely important to strengthen our campaign.

Most channels, newspapers and media platforms would call it a mere mistake. But, do they not realise that that one MISTAKE can lead to rampant discrimination, hatred, suicide attempts or even lynchings! And in times of a pandemic, a piece of fake news can cause so much panic and fear. We need to act and media channels and newspapers have to be made accountable. If we don’t act now, things will get worse in the future.

8% of Indians identify as LGBTQIA+ - that’s approximately 10.4 crore people. Most of these individuals are subjected to bigotry, bullying, discrimination and hatred in one form or the other every day. The longer we delay such a law that tackles homophobia and transphobia, the greater the toll it will take on the mental health of the LGBTQIA+ members. They struggle with immense trauma, distress, depression and are prone to suicidal tendencies. Thus we ask each and everyone of you to sign this petition that requests for laws to be gender neutral and inclusive of all people.

When the country is facing a water emergency of such scale, seeing Bisleri run a campaign that implies that all other sources of water our polluted so pay money to drink my water which ironically comes from the very same sources meant for 1.25 billion Indians. Clean and safe drinking water is a fundamental right given to all citizens under article 21 of Indian constitution, corporations should be playing an active role in ensuring that people have access to clean drinking water instead of shamelessly monetizing the water crisis that India faces today. This is not a creative expression but criminal exploitation of a crisis. I would like to request ASCI to ensure that the ad campaign is pulled out with immediate effect.

The Tree Authority permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) to cut 2,232 trees from the Aarey Colony and translocate 469 others to make way for the construction of the car service centre. Aarey Colony serves as a buffer zone for Sanjay Gandhi National Park and disturbing the forest cover here may lead to more negative interaction between humans and animals.

The Forest Department of Tamilnadu, India has forwarded the proposal to redraw the boundary of the world's oldest Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal to be reduced by 40% for commercial use. The proposal has been forwarded to the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) for approval. It is DEMANDED (not humbly requested for!) that you scrap this proposal and rather work towards protecting the flora and fauna of our state Tamilnadu and India in whole, not destroy it! World is moving towards expansion of Sanctuaries, not towards reducing it.