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How a Saudi singer found her voice and her freedom in Pakistan
For musician Rutaba Yaqub, Pakistan is where she feels free.It’s not a country known for gender equality, but for Yaqub, it's where she’s been able to pursue her dream to be a recording artist.She...
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When being forcibly removed from your home isn't entirely bad news
It took Seema Khan and her family two years to build their family compound in North Waziristan. They had three days to get out.“The situation was all of a sudden worse,” she recalled. Her family...
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She misses being a guerrilla, but this former FARC fighter is starting a new...
At the bottom of a cement glen, by the banks of the canal, there’s a tiny store that sells green plantains, cola and cigarettes. But they are out of plantains.The woman who tends the store, who goes by...
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For some Colombian guerrilla fighters, the rebels offered an escape
By the time Nelcy Soto managed to make it out of the house, her husband had already disfigured her face. She had tried running away before, but he always managed to find her and bring her back.This...
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When it comes to gender-equality aid, the US lags behind its peers
With Hillary Clinton maintaining a highly variable lead over Donald Trump, attention has started to shift to what a Clinton presidency may look like.Many believe her presidency would be a boost for...
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Schools help Colombians remember what it means to forgive
In the beginning, Flor Alba Montes simply wanted revenge. Revenge against the FARC. Revenge against paramilitaries. Revenge against the army.“Some women would ask me. Are you capable of setting off a...
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Colombian war victims struggle to find justice. For a while, this girl only...
If you ever want to know what it feels like to be completely free, Yolanda Perea Mosquera recommends you go to the town of Rio Sucio, Colombia. Its name means dirty river.Inquire about a horse named...
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'Pantsuit Nation' pops up, voters salute Susan B. Anthony on historic...
Supporters of the first female presidential candidate, Democrat Hillary Clinton, have gone hard this historic Election Day.The pro-Clinton internet is overflowing: Photos of grannies born before women...
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San Antonio women wonder where to go from here, with Donald Trump as president
Even from the center of a deep red state that went for Donald Trump, the outcome of the election was shocking for Kat Carey.She’s a Latina mom of a 5-year-old who goes to a co-op school with the motto...
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Gloria Steinem says Donald Trump won't be her president
After more than 45 years of activism that helped make this election possible, feminist and writer Gloria Steinem watched as America’s failed to elect a woman as president.Against that backdrop, Steinem...
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Women worldwide react to Clinton's defeat
For years now, Hillary Clinton has ranked as one of the most famous and influential women in the world ― winning fans among the world’s female leaders for her advocacy of global feminism and her work...
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Why leaving women out of Trump’s cabinet isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous
When Justin Trudeau was elected prime minister of Canada and appointed a precedent-shattering 50-50 ratio of men and women to his cabinet, his pithy comment was, “It’s 2015.” Under Donald Trump's...
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This Yazidi woman escaped her ISIS captors in Mosul, but had to leave her...
Early one morning in November 2015, Nouhad put on a solid black niqab — only her eyes showing — and snuck out of the house in Mosul were she had been held captive for more than a year.“The ISIS man...
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Sweden opens a hotline to report mansplaining
Mansplaining. By now you've probably had it 'splained to you. But just in case, here's Swedish gender expert Christina Knight on the subject:"I think often it's experienced as a sort of condescending...
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How we can carry Thanksgiving forward into the rest of our political year
“The political chasm is unbridgeable.”“I don’t know how we’ll ever unite our country.”“The hatred incited in this election is poison, and there’s no end in sight.”We hear this sense of hopelessness...
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India's crisis over bank notes hits women especially hard
On the evening of Nov. 8, after neighborhood shops had closed and ATMs had locked up, the prime minister of India announced that 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes would no longer be legal tender,...
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For one Afghan teenage girl, the refugee trail is as dangerous as the war...
Bravery has consequences, and 16-year-old Hoor is paying the price.She escaped a forced marriage in Afghanistan, defied deportation in Iran and crossed the border into Turkey with smugglers, and...
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Hey Donald Trump — here's what women around the world need your help with
Last month, Across Women's Lives and The World asked audiences: "If you had $1 billion to spend on women in your country, what would you do?"It was part of our Balance of Power series on the...
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Protesters at Standing Rock celebrate an unexpected victory
By now, you've probably heard the news out of North Dakota. After many months of protests — and with tensions mounting — the Army Corp of Engineers announced the Dakota Access Pipeline would not, for...
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A cross-generational group of US women is planning a nationwide strike...
This isn’t Ann Massaro’s first foray into activism — the 68-year-old from Connecticut has been protesting and organizing her entire life. But she sees the election of Donald Trump as her biggest cause...
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