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A mother’s fight for abortion rights in evangelical Brazil
In Brazil, an impeachment process that opened this month against the president is only part of the current power battles in Congress. The president’s opponents are also trying to restrict Brazil’s...
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She's one of the only women to pilot a 'matatu,' the minibus taxis that keep...
Before dawn breaks over East Africa, hundreds of thousands of Kenyans begin their daily commute into Kenya’s traffic-laden capital, Nairobi. Most get to work by packing themselves into garishly painted...
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Muslim women had to create a crisis safety manual to deal with hate
It's certainly a difficult time to be Muslim in the US.Those are the feelings expressed at MuslimGirl.net. It's a website geared to help empower Muslim women in the US and abroad.And they've recently...
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'Women ... I think we’re our own worst enemies' when it comes to design
Kenyans are fashionable people.A Sunday stroll through CBD — the central business district, Nairobi’s “downtown” — is like moving through a magazine. There’s vibrant kitenge, that fabric in bright...
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For Brooklyn metal worker Mia Anter, 'feeling around in the dark' is part of...
Born in Miami to a Cuban mother and a Turkish father, this fiery little Brooklynite is a restless maker.Whether she's styling a film shoot, soldering her latest medieval looking metal creation, or...
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Ei Ei Khin's seed bombs are for the bees
Ei Ei Khin is bringing back the bees. With career stints in the environment, education and non-profit sectors behind her, it's no wonder that this Burmese-born professional's latest venture is another...
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How Maasai women in Kenya are helping to make your cosmetics
It’s a day-long drive from Kenya's capital Nairobi to Twala in Laikipia County. The last 50 miles is along a dusty road, and then you arrive at the farm of the Twala Cultural Manyatta. It’s oasis-like,...
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Meet the Maasai women of Laikipia, in photos
While reporting our Across Women's Lives story on women's groups in Kenya growing aloe for the international cosmetics company Lush (see full story from The World's host Marco Werman), we visited both...
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Satirical ad agency Jane Street believes your vagina makes you a prime...
Hey ladies. Feeling down about your weight? Cankles too bony? Can't bake? Fat ears? Well, buy this deodorant. Your hideous body will be forgiven.Sound familiar? That's because feminism is trending....
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The pain of their daughter's gang rape and murder turned them into activists
Three years ago today, a horrific incident shook India. A 23-year-old student was gang raped in a moving bus in India’s capital, New Delhi. She later died from her injuries.The brutal attack made...
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Unforgettable: Is Abby Wambach the greatest soccer player ever?
A sports great has called it quits — in the most unorthodox way.Abby Wambach retired after playing her final match for the US Women's National Soccer Team. Feels strange just thinking about it.Wambach...
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My career left no room for motherhood — now I advocate for working moms
One day, a woman walked into her bank. She was on her way to the office, so she was in a suit, heels and carried a briefcase.She'd taken no more than five steps when a bank employee graciously stepped...
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In Kenya's version of 'The Biggest Loser,' contestants win for healthy...
In Nairobi, you can find plenty of fast food joints, from Kentucky Fried Chicken to Domino’s Pizza, which recently opened its first franchise in the city. The supermarkets are filled with all kinds of...
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'When we were doing yoga, they forgot their differences'
I had been in Nairobi for 24 hours when I found myself in a middle-class apartment, the air conditioning turned off, getting run through the paces by Catherine Njeri, a power yoga instructor...
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What to do when the airwaves and papers tell these women they're inferior —...
A few weeks ago, Kenya’s most popular morning talk show host, a guy called Maina Kageni, asked his listeners why women “push” men into relationships. He was offered a slew of sexist responses — sexism...
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Abby Wambach says she wants you to forget her. But does she really?
Last night, just hours before she played her last professional soccer game, Abby Wambach deleted all her social media profiles and released this somber video:“Forget me. Forget my number, forget my...
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Standing with Malala: Meet the teenagers who survived the Taliban and kept...
On a Tuesday in October 2012, a bus carrying the students of Khushal Girls High School and College in Pakistan’s Swat Valley came to a stop. The girls inside were on their way home from a day of...
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She's one of only seven female guides in Kenya's Maasai Mara
When you first arrive at the Maasai Mara in Kenya, you look out over a plateau so vast and beautiful that it’s almost incomprehensible.Mara means “spotted” in Maasai, and when you look out over the...
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East Africa's 'Queen of Comedy' is as progressive as she is funny
Ugandan comedian and actress Kansiime Anne’s most controversial joke is about giving her husband condoms when he went on a trip without her.She trusted him, but not so much the people he was traveling...
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You need to listen to this Swahili cover of 'Hello'
There’s a musician getting a ton of attention right now for a song called “Hello.” But it’s not the one you think.Dela, an Afro-soul singer who has been popular in Kenya since 2009, recently released a...
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