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Women filling Mexico's prisons are the 'lowest rungs of the drug trade'
“What did you come to buy? Love or fear?”That’s what Carmela Rodríguez Reyes used to ask people who approached her on the street she worked on. When asked what she means by “love,” she answers: a...
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Why we are so drawn to the letter 'X'
If you want to bestow your new idea or product with a hip, futuristic aura, add an "x." Catch our podcast: The World in Words Each week on The World in Words, Patrick Cox and Nina Porzucki tell stories...
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She was arrested for carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine into Canada. Her...
On June 27, 2015, Cheyenne Sharma landed at Pearson International Airport, outside of Toronto, on a flight from Trinidad.Canadian border agents inspected Sharma’s suitcase on her arrival and found more...
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As more women are incarcerated in Mexico, so are their babies
Nancy Polanco Najera worries that her 4-year-old son, Alexis, has started to figure it out. “He’ll be watching TV, the news, and they’ll talk about someone who is being sent to Santa Martha prison. And...
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What it’s like to be trans when both language and laws refuse to recognize...
“I have a name on my identity card that is not my name,” said Daniela Vega, the star of the Oscar-winning film, “A Fantastic Woman,” in a press conference following her March 6 meeting with Chilean...
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Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar’s young women?
Rehema Mrisho Ame, face alight in a bright, white hijab, sits at a sewing machine in Zanzibar’s historic center and patterns out her plans for the future. Outside, on the kaleidoscopic, congested...
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Harassment, rape and retaliation: What one woman endured within the US Forest...
The #MeToo movement has brought to light the widespread incidence of sexual misconduct in many arenas of women’s lives — and it's spread to the US Forest Service, whose chief, Tony Tooke recently...
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Women look to make their voices heard in new space created by male-dominated...
Blockchain. At the most recent South by Southwest Conference earlier this month, it was one of the top buzzwords floating around the various pockets of conversation. A large majority of the people...
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A US-style drug war brings a terrible cost: Thai prisons packed full of women
Editor’s note: This story is a part of a series called “Unequal Justice” from PRI’s (Public Radio International) Across Women’s Lives project and GlobalPost Investigations. Click the audio player,...
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Can First Nations Court stop Indigenous women from ending up in prison?
The woman sits with her hands clasped tightly together.She’s petite and has long, curly, reddish hair with just a strand or two of gray. She’s still wearing her winter coat, even though it’s...
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'I don't want to miss any more': One woman tries to stay clean and out of jail
The spring of 2016 was a rough time for now 33-year-old Cherise Greer.She'd just lost her job at Pizza Hut in Marlow, Oklahoma, where she was a regional manager. She couldn't pay her rent and was...
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The journey of two sisters into the Syrian jihad, and a father's efforts to...
It was October 2013. ISIS had splintered off from al-Qaeda earlier that year. The militant group grows stronger and attracts recruits from all over the world, many from Western Europe. Ayan and her...
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Many women come out of prison with almost nothing. This woman helps them...
Mo Korchinski has been there, done that.She’s been in and out of prison in Canada numerous times for cocaine trafficking. Korchinski sold to support her drug addiction. But after years of cycling...
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Here's a list of ways to help women who've been incarcerated
“Everybody needs hope. Everybody needs a purpose.”That’s something that Mo Korchinski, who was formerly incarcerated, says she’s now trying to give other women coming out of prison. Korchinski, who...
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Ireland's strict ban on abortion could soon be a thing of the past
In Ireland, the unborn are protected by the national constitution. But that could change very soon. Abortion has been illegal in Ireland at least since 1861. The British ruled over the...
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In one Oklahoma county, the number of women in prison is falling. This...
The reception area at S and R Compression in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is pretty standard. An assortment of People and National Geographic magazines are neatly placed on tables in a small, dimly lit room. On...
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Outgoing Planned Parenthood head says rights are 'at risk under this government'
It’s hard to remember a time in which there wasn’t a furious national debate over abortion rights and the future of Planned Parenthood.It seems every week, there’s news of a new abortion restriction or...
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Child 'superheroes' free children from child labor and marriage
Five years ago, Indian teenager Soni Khatoon dropped out of school because she wanted to study in an English-immersion school, like her brother did, but she wasn't allowed.These days, the 15-year-old...
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Asia Argento on relearning how to live her life after sexual assault
Asia Argento was one of the first women to speak out about the alleged sexual assault by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October 2017.The Italian actress and activist inspired other women to come...
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Grassroots efforts help forge new paths of LGBTI acceptance in the Philippines
Ging Cristobal posed a series of questions to a roomful of 50 people in Quezon City, in the Philippines, during a recent training. She asked about people's gender identities including, “How many here...
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