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A digital comic book tells the real-life tale of a heroic mom in besieged Syria
Just a few years back, the Syrian town of Madaya was a holiday resort. Well-heeled Syrians and Lebanese built mansions in the lush, green mountain town known for its natural spring water. Today, much...
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Muslim women in India are in a Supreme Court fight for equal divorce rights
Last year, a 35-year-old woman from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh received an unusual letter from her husband. He accused her of stealing jewelry and money, and of asking him to live with her...
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Prisoner swap deal gets 21 of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls released
Jihadist group Boko Haram has released 21 of the more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April 2014 in a prisoner swap deal with the Nigerian government, local sources said Thursday."As I...
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Three reasons some young women are sticking with Trump
It’s been a tough seven days for Donald Trump since he was heard on tape boasting about using his celebrity to push himself on women. Yet even on Thursday, after new allegations surfaced, some female...
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Here's where 'gaslighting' got its name
We've been exposed to a lot of nastiness during this US presidential campaign. As well as some choice vocabulary.Some of the words we’d rather not repeat, if we can avoid it. Some just seem made up...
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In Mumbai, 'shock and horror' over Trump’s statements about women
Chhavi Sachdev, a reporter based in Mumbai, says many Indians in the city have been horrified by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's lewd comments about kissing and groping women.The...
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The best and worst countries to be a girl
The international children's rights advocacy organization, Save the Children, recently released their index, "Girl's Opportunity Index," which rates the best and worst countries to be a girl.The index,...
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Donald Trump was the man Hillary Clinton needed to win the women's vote
It seems an unlikely paradox: In a country where women outnumber men in all but nine states, the first woman in US history to run for president, as a major party nominee, has struggled to win a strong...
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Nigeria's #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
Many Nigerians feared the family reunions would never happen.But 21 school girls held for more than two years by the extremists of Boko Haram were reunited with their anguished families Sunday."As you...
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Pakistan's female cricket star is blazing a trail — but there's still a lot...
I’m an American — and the only thing I knew about cricket until about a week ago was that they take a break for tea in the middle of the match.So when the most famous woman in Pakistani sports agreed...
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This Pakistani police officer is part of a trend that could make a more...
The stench of diesel is in the air. Asima Naqvi is standing on the side of a noisy highway in Pakistan, one of the few women on the road. She wears a stiff grey police uniform and avaitor sunglasses as...
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For a generation of Afghan women, US foreign policy changed everything
Since 2001, the US has spent an estimated $1.5 billion on improving women's lives in Afghanistan.What has it been like to be on the receiving end of this attention? More Afghan women are in school and...
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The real impact of a female president? More women in politics.
As the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump nears, the prospects have never been greater that the United States could join the 50 other democracies that have been led by a woman.So it’s...
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What's the best way to spend $1 billion on women? These teens have some thoughts
Last week we asked ninth-graders in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which gender issue is most important to fix around the world: violence against women, lack of literacy and education for women, or the lack...
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This Pakistani mother was married off as a child — but she didn't let it stop...
This is what Um-E Salma remembers about her wedding day.“Before I started to dress up I closed my room and I cried a lot, and I told myself that this is all you are going to cry for the rest of your...
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The woman leading Pakistan's welfare program puts cash in the hands of women
At a dimly lit welfare office in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, women like Akhtar Shaheen line up to file benefits requests and get their thumbprints scanned for a new biometric identification system. Shaheen,...
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Feminist foreign policies are gaining popularity, and increasing the peace
Terrorists defying national borders, authoritarians clinging to power, increasing flows of desperate refugees: The next US president will inherit global challenges the standard foreign policy toolbox...
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This artist draws the harassment she experiences on Pakistan's streets
Shehzil Malik is a designer and illustrator living in Lahore.Like many women in Pakistan (and elsewhere), each morning she plans what she’s going to wear based on what she thinks will attract the least...
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A drone has left this 12-year-old girl as the keeper of her grandparents' story
At 12 years old, Nabila ur Rehman has become the keeper of her grandmother’s story.Four years ago, Nabila was tending animals in the yard near her home in North Waziristan, close to the Afghan border —...
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How the US distributes $1.3 billion in aid for women around the world
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama talked about the importance of advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in developing countries. "It is not simply the right thing to do. It is...
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