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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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How a Saudi-born 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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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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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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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 failed to elect a woman as president.Against that backdrop, Steinem...
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