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Mrs F: Nigeria's Women Walk on Water | Witness
A Nigerian theatre director encourages women from Makoko in Lagos to participate in a play about violence against women.
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Raw Politics in full: Nuclear fears and Eurovision tension
Summit breakdown High hopes in Hanoi come crashing down as US President Donald Trump walks away from Kim Jong Un. The summit between the US and North Korean leaders ended without a deal after Kim insisted that the US lift all sanctions...
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Saudi Women: Reform or Repression? | Al Jazeera World
Saudi female activists ask why arrests, detention and alleged torture continue, despite apparent reforms.
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Johannesburg crime fighter speaks out on safety challenges for women patrols
A community crime fighter in Johannesburg highlights the dangers & challenges faced by women patrolling against rising crime & gang violence
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Sudan's women bear brunt of war as gender-based violence reaches crisis levels
Sudanese women are disproportionately affected by the war, particularly in terms of gender-based violence.
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Single mothers at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion
The European Anti-Poverty Network report points to fairer taxation as a tool to avoid marginalisation.
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Doodle of the Day: International Women’s Day 2024
Celebrate International Women’s Day with a tribute to the progress and struggles of women worldwide. Explore the origins of IWD and its significance in promoting gender equality and women's rights. Discover the ongoing efforts to address...
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Jailed Iranian women's activist wins Nobel Peace Prize
Narges Mohammadi — currently imprisoned in Iran's notorious Evin Prison — has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 'her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.'
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MEPs vote for EU to ratify Istanbul Convention against violence against women
Several EU countries still refuse to ratify the Istanbul Convention and the vote in the European Parliament will not force them to do so but it should still confer women in these countries extra protection.
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From the vagina to the clitoris: Has the medical world finally stopped ignoring female bodies?
Is science finally giving female sexual and reproductive organs the attention they deserve? Author Rachel E Gross set out to narrow the knowledge gap.
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Afghan-Canadian documents dismantling of women's rights under Taliban
The Taliban-run Afghan higher education ministry says female students would not be allowed access to the country's universities until further notice. Frozan Rahmani, an Afghan-Canadian journalist, has been documenting the dismantling of...
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Iran protests: MEP cuts off hair to show solidarity with women protesting death of Mahsa Amini
"Until the women of Iran are free. We are going to stand with you", said Abir Al-Sahlani as she cut her hair in front of MEPs in Strasbourg.
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Mahsa Amini: Iranian protests will have 'crucial impact' in Europe
"It’s not enough for Europe just to support verbally. Europe should not really take this stance that they can take without necessarily interrupting their relationship with the Iranian authorities," said Iranian-French academic Azadeh Kian.
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Female MCs in Indian Kashmir: conscious rhymes in a conservative country
“I promise each and every abuser that one day they will shower praises in my favour and will be proud of me.” Talking loud and saying something. There are few female rappers in Kashmir but their voices are increasingly making an impact...
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U.S. studying 34-year prison sentence for Salma al-Shehab in Saudi Arabia
Advocating for the rights of women should 'never be criminalized,' said State Department spokesman Ned Price while confirming the U.S. is studying the case of women's rights activist Salma al-Shehab, who was sentenced in Saudi Arabia to...
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Abortion access: How do the US and Europe compare?
Unlike the US, European countries have used the power of legislation to enshrine abortion access in law.
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Taliban issue harsh new rules for Afghan women
The Taliban in Afghanistan have issued a decree that orders women to wear head-to-toe burkas in public and to leave home only when necessary.
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Afghan activists ask about whereabouts of two women as Taliban talks with West continue
Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhel were purportedly arrested last week after a protest against the Taliban reinstatement of the compulsory rule on wearing hijab.
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Female DJs step up and break taboos in Tunisia
"Usually, when I'm at a party, I stand so close to the DJ box and I keep wondering what is that guy doing? What are all those buttons made for?"
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Greta Thunberg and Angela Merkel triumph at the Women of Europe Awards
BioNTech founder Dr Özlem Türeci and grassroots activist Jenny Rasche were also recognised for their work.
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Taliban is wrong to doubt resiliency of Afghan women, activist says
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, tells CBC's Susan Ormiston that women in Afghanistan will stand up for their rights despite the Taliban's return to power.
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'They have to go to school. Period,' Afghan women's rights activist says
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, discusses what the Taliban's return to power means for women and girls in Afghanistan with CBC's Susan Ormiston.
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Mahbouba Seraj on the fight to preserve women's rights in Afghanistan
Mahbouba Seraj, the head of the Afghan Women's Network, discusses the Taliban's return to power and the future of women's rights in Afghanistan with CBC's Susan Ormiston.
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Women dominate top table in Albania’s new government
Twelve of the 17 cabinet members are women, the most in Albania's history, according to PM Edi Rama.