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The coming showdown: A year for reproductive rights
For advocates of women's reproductive rights, 2015 was the definition of "annus horribilis:" marked by tough new limits on abortion, a debilitating Planned Parenthood scandal, and a shooting at a...
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US soccer star Carli Lloyd is named FIFA's Woman Player of the Year
This was the first year US soccer player Carli Lloyd has been nominated as a candidate for FIFA’s Woman Player of the Year. And Monday night, she won.It was an emotional night.Never believed this dream...
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In photos: The seed-saving farmers in India who pass down land to their...
At sunset, Bibiana Ranee sets out to gather wild edibles for dinner from the surrounding forest. She returns with bright bunches of greens. Jarain and jali are washed, sliced, sauteed, and served with...
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Men of Arab descent not finding Germany as welcoming as they used to
Germany welcomed 1.1 million migrants in 2015, far more than any other European country.But chaotic New Year’s Eve scenes in Cologne, Hamburg and other cities — with hundreds of young women reporting...
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This taxi gives men a sense of what it feels like to travel as a woman in India
In India, segregation of the sexes is a very real thing. Sure, men and women mingle, but we’re singled out in the strangest of places. For instance, in malls, hotels and airports, women go through...
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When they dissed the future Lady Gaga
EDITOR'S NOTE: Leonardo DiCaprio's smug surprise after a bump at the Golden Globes prompted this essay.When I was a freshman at NYU and Facebook was only a year old and people created/joined groups...
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Colombia finally cracks down on a horrific wave of acid attacks against women
Colombia is finally taking action against what may be one of the most intense waves of horrific acid attacks on women anywhere in the world.President Juan Manuel Santos this week closed a legal...
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Women's rights advocates hope El Salvador's pregnancy delay will shine a...
A number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are racing to respond to the rapid spread of the Zika virus. But El Salvador has gone further than its neighbors by advising women across the...
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This artist's work isn't about the Israeli occupation. She paints Palestinian...
There’s a new artist that’s turning heads in the Palestinian contemporary art scene. Rana Samara paints Palestinian bedrooms — post-sex.It’s a bold departure from the usual Palestinian artistic tropes...
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Virginity tests and an Oscar nomination: The rise of 'Mustang'
Deniz Gamze Ergüven didn’t have to reach far when she was directing the opening scene of "Mustang," the Oscar-nominated Franco-Turkish film about five sisters growing up in northern Turkey.The girls...
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A new showcase for Frida Kahlo's breakthrough work
It's a stunner, with a surprise behind it.And now you can see it.The very first painting that Frida Kahlo ever sold is now on display.The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston announced that it is now home to...
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Panel calls for depression screening for pregnant women, new moms
This week, one of America’s leading independent preventive medicine panels — the US Preventive Services Task Force — updated its guidelines for screening adults for depression to specifically include...
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Once a refugee, she's opened Liberia's only bookstore, where children can...
One Moore Bookstore, a small shopfront on a busy street in downtown Monrovia, represents many firsts. It's the only bookstore in Liberia, its owners publish some of the only books aimed at Liberian...
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David Cameron found out the hard way that Muslim women are not...
David Cameron, you’ve been told.After media reported that the British prime minister had spoken in a private conversation about the "traditional submissiveness" of Muslim women, he was set straight by...
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These children with microcephaly are a source of inspiration
The rapid spread of the Zika virus in Latin America has sparked serious concerns, especially over the possible link between Zika and microcephaly.As we've been hearing a lot lately, microcephaly is a...
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Why I finally 'came out' as Dalit — and what happened next
When I moved to New York in the fall of 2014, I left a few things in India: my family, my job with a leading English-language newspaper and my caste.The Indian caste system is an ancient, hierarchal...
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In Bangladesh, a same-sex marriage might see the couple sent to jail
When Sanjida left home to study, she met the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. The only problem — her partner was another woman, and same-sex marriage is not accepted in Bangladesh....
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Zika reignites the debate on reproductive rights in Latin America
Governments in Latin America are being criticized for urging women to avoid pregnancies as a means of curbing the Zika virus."Once again, governments put the burden on women to protect themselves from...
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A new link between Zika and microcephaly is found in Brazil
Researchers in the state of Pernambuco, home to a third of Brazil’s suspected cases of infant microcephaly, said on Wednesday that they have identified some of the clearest evidence yet of a direct...
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A young Pakistani woman hopes her soul-searching motorcycle trip will inspire...
There are different ideas about what freedom is.But at least one is simply taking off on a motorcycle — going in any direction — as fast or as far as your heart tells you to go.Zenith Irfan describes...
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