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Guatemalan tragedy reveals need for better protection for children
After her dad had a stroke, 14-year-old Reina was brought to the San Jose Pinula public shelter near Guatemala’s capital with a promise she'd be taken care of.A riot and massive fire at the shelter...
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'Police were not an option.' Undocumented women are now more afraid to report...
I meet Nadzeya at an upscale café, somewhere in Manhattan. It’s the only place where she would meet me: somewhere crowded, so she could remain anonymous. Nadzeya, by the way, is not her real name.Let’s...
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Lebanese women fight to overturn law that protects rapists
A big vote is set to take place in the Lebanese parliament this week that could repeal a provision of the nation's penal code — article 522 — which states that men who rape women can walk free if they...
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Hong Kong picked its first female leader, but critics worry she's too close...
Police cracked down on Hong Kong democracy activists Monday, charging them over the Umbrella Movement mass protests, a day after a pro-Beijing candidate was chosen as the city's new leader.Carrie Lam...
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Ukrainian women find themselves bearing the cost of endless war
On a recent evening, several Ukrainian women pushed their wheelchairs along the narrow hallway to the kitchen, where they pounded dough into a pie.For the dozens of women and children sheltered here in...
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Turkish women's rights are at stake in Sunday's elections
For most of the last century, Turkey has been the go-to example of an Islamic country functioning as a secular democracy, where women enjoy vast freedoms rare across much of the Middle East.This...
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How 'adventurer of the year' Mira Rai went from child soldier to ultrarunner
Three years ago, Mira Rai didn’t know mountain trail running was a sport.Now, this former child soldier from rural Nepal is one of the top long-distance, high-elevation mountain runners in the...
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One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice
Last summer, the passage of burkini bans by several French beach towns made international news. In France, they dominated the headlines for months, fed by a polemical presidential campaign in which...
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Female genital mutilation is illegal in the US. So why is it still happening?
As Adama tells me her story, the motivation for her fight, she pounds on her chest proudly.She has an enormous smile and a stylish shock of short hair. Adama is 23, originally from The Gambia. When she...
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President Trump, what do you think is the benefit of defunding Planned...
Over President Donald Trump's first 100 days, we're asking him questions that our audience wants answers to. Join the project by tweeting this question to @realDonaldTrump with the hashtag...
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Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in...
A controversial child trafficking trial starts this Thursday for a 64-year-old American woman who throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s placed hundreds of Guatemalan children with American...
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Turkish soap operas' portrayal of women stirs controversy
At Mehmet and Pinar Ozcelebi’s basement home, it’s 8 in the evening. As their two daughters, Ada and Nisa, play with their neighbor girls, the couple watches TV. The family tunes into “Cesur ve Guzel,”...
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North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
History class at the Daum School in Seoul looks pretty typical: Some students take notes intently, others take a nap. You can't tell that most of these students have risked their lives to be here. This...
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Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?
In slashing $32 million of funding to the United Nations Populations Fund, also known as the UNFPA, earlier this month, the Trump administration slung a decade-old nefarious charge: The agency supports...
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President Trump, will you be watching Samantha Bee’s alt-White House...
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Georgian feminists are beacons of light in a region that is making it more...
Blooming trees and warm breezes inspired Sophico Vasadze’s weekend plans. She pulled on her hipster sneakers and a black raincoat.“It seemed the coolest, Berlin-style outfit,” she told me later....
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A Palestinian radio station in the West Bank tackles catcalling, divorce and sex
If you’re listening to Besan 101.9 in Ramallah, you might catch something you don’t usually hear on the radio in the West Bank — conversations about the harassment of women on the street.The station...
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How Trump's latest budget impacts women and girls, from classrooms to cops
When news surfaced earlier this week indicating that the Trump administration plans to completely eliminate the small $8 million budget for the Office for Global Women’s Issues — while doubling the...
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Women veterans are finally getting their due — in cartoons
Water colors and loose sheets of paper are spread across a large table at the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Conversations buzz as women veterans share their stories, some for the...
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With Trump set to visit, Saudi Arabia reconsiders rules on women traveling alone
As a man, Donald Trump won’t need a male guardian to accompany him around Saudi Arabia on his first international trip, to Riyadh, next week — although he'll of course have US Secret Service agents...
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