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A #MeToo moment for Afghanistan's women's soccer: 'It happened so many times'
The soccer governing body FIFA is looking into allegations that members of the Afghanistan national women’s team were sexually and physically abused by men who were part of the Afghanistan Football...
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Muslim women chart their own path in #MeToo era
She was only 8. He was in his 20s. Sameera Qureshi didn't fully understand that she'd been assaulted by this distant relative, a Muslim just like her, until two decades later when she became a sexual...
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These women made a big impact in 2018
In 2018, our Across Women’s Lives desk reported on numerous women who've had a profound impact on their communities. Many of them challenged the status quo — like Kriti Sharma of London, who developed...
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Japanese student rejects tabloid’s apology for ranking women by ‘easiness’
A Japanese university student on Wednesday rejected an apology by a magazine over an article it published on how easy it was to coax female undergraduates into having sex. The weekly tabloid magazine,...
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Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d'Or winner: 'A huge step forward'
Soccer player Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to take home the Ballon d'Or Féminin, an annual soccer award presented by France Football recognizing the best players in the sport. Hegerberg spoke...
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This old Malaysian house renovation builds on the spirit of its original...
The sound of brickwork, swinging hammers and hand saws fills the air at a house in Setiu, a district in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. Amid the commotion, another sound is audible — the lively...
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Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists
When Cecelia Gomez of Barcelona, Spain, heard that Donald Trump was elected US president, she was shocked. Even though this was not her president, she still thought that she had to speak up to show how...
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A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
Danni Askini knew she had a dangerous job as the founder of a Gender Justice League, a transgender rights advocacy organization in Seattle, Washington. She’s a transgender woman and is used to...
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UK lawmakers push to include financial abuse in domestic violence law
The thing Anna remembers most about her 14-year marriage is being broke all the time.Despite working three jobs for more than 60 hours a week, all of her money went to pay for the utility bills, child...
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Rural women in India struggle to access contraception. These people are...
In India, strides are being made to increase access to contraception, but plenty of challenges still exist — especially when it comes to reaching rural women. And too often, women bear the burden of...
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This Israeli Facebook group is a lifeline for women caught in a cycle of...
Dorit, 45, who has turned to prostitution on and off since she was a teenager, knew she needed to find a new apartment. The massive amount of clothing and household appliances that she splurged on with...
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What we can learn from Canada’s universal child care model
On a chilly, Friday morning at New Horizon Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota, a roomful of toddlers learns how to count and spell. For the spelling lesson, the teacher has given each child a dollop of...
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Lise Meitner — the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel...
Nuclear fission — the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms — is what makes nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants possible. But for many years,...
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'Oh, you're not wearing a bra.' Four women have accused Óscar Arias of sexual...
Journalist Emma Daly remembers the moment very clearly.She was in a hotel lobby in Managua, Nicaragua, covering an intense story — about the peace agreement that would end civil wars throughout Latin...
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These women are challenging Hungary’s ‘men in suits’ politics
Anna Donáth spent her first night in police custody in December.Her phone and bag were missing, and she worried no one knew where she was.Donáth was arrested as she lead protestors through the streets...
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Controversial Saudi app that allows male guardians to track their wives may...
Some Saudi women say an app that’s landed Google and Apple at the center of controversy can actually help women who want to escape the country. The app in question allows Saudi men to track and...
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LOL League harassment restarts #MeToo conversation in France
Kenza Sadoun El Glaoui didn’t know that she was a target of the Ligue du LOL until this week.There were rumors about the group’s existence circulating in Paris for years. But it was never confirmed...
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Saudi women can drive. But gender equality isn’t yet ‘mainstream.’
Last summer, when Sharia Walker got behind the wheel for the first time in Saudi Arabia, the reactions she encountered surprised her.“Guys honk their horns and give me a thumbs-up,” she said recently,...
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At the Riyadh mall, Saudi women sell everything from lingerie to popcorn....
On the first floor of the upscale, Riyadh Park shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, customers in black abayas mill around Victoria’s Secret, examining colorful panties and bras. There are no scantily...
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As ‘fed up’ women in Turkey leave marriages, domestic violence and divorce...
A version of this story originally appeared on NYR Daily, the online section of The New York Review of Books.Nebiye A. crossed the Bosphorus on a ferry, far from the home and life she once had. On her...
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