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How a struggling single mom in Papua New Guinea found her cloth on a New York...
When Florence Jaukae, a struggling single mom with five kids, saw garments made of her cloth on a fashion runway in New York, she broke down in tears. It was the culmination of over a decade of doing...
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Rural Afghan schoolgirls pen handwritten college essays for a college that...
The first ever school for girls in the rural village in Deh Subz, Afghanistan will graduate its first class this fall. Where they're headed from there, is still up in the air.In spite of the dangerous...
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Abortion rights advocates will launch an ‘abortion drone’ into Poland this...
The world’s first "abortion drone" will be making its inaugural trip on Saturday, traveling from Germany to Poland with World Health Organization-approved abortion pills in tow.The fast-flying device...
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10 ways Syrian women risk it all for peace
What does bravery look like? What strength and character does it take to risk imprisonment, torture, and even death for the sake of a future you may not see?I know what it looks like. I’ve witnessed it...
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The strong connection between gender equality and a kickass national women's...
Want to have a kickass women’s national soccer team? Fix your gender inequality.What are the common things shared by the top 23 teams in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 (top chart)? All of them are from...
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Electrifying play, younger fans: Will FIFA embrace the (female) future of...
Who needs the boys? After watching the Women's World Cup in Canada this week, I'm struck by three things:1) How much more enjoyable it is than the men's World Cup, or at least last year's event in...
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For adopted Guatemalans, a searcher will look for birth moms. But sometimes...
By definition, international adoption is a transaction between unequals. It takes desperation to relinquish a baby, and privilege to adopt one. Those disparities led to abuses in Guatemala’s adoption...
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From gender neutral beginnings to pink princess themes and today's female...
LEGO is an icon. Nearly every kid around the world has played with this childhood staple said to promote science and technology thinking, creativity and invention. However, depending how old and what...
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For generations, these Brazilian women harvested the sea, but industry...
Journalist Zoe Sullivan spent months documenting a small community of marisqueiras living south of Recife on the eastern coast of Brazil.Marisqueiras are women who harvest mollusks, crabs and other...
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Once held hostage, she's now trying to help her former captors
She was kidnapped by leftist guerrillas at age 11 and held for nearly a year.Now, 13 years later, she's helping former guerrillas get reintegrated into society.Her journey began on a school bus ride on...
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As Pope Francis visits Ecuador, women there say they're losing ground
Pope Francis is visiting Ecuador, among other Latin American countries. It's the first papal visit to Ecuador since the 1980s, and the country’s president Rafael Correa has been personally involved in...
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Afghanistan might see its first female supreme court judge following a...
Afghanistan may soon have its first female supreme court judge. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated Anisa Rasooli to be one of nine supreme court justices, making Rasooli the first woman to receive...
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The most-watched soccer match in US history. Will that prompt FIFA to devote...
Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam. And on Monday, when TV ratings rolled in, BOOM!Four quick goals — three of them by Carli Lloyd — punctuated the US women soccer team's 5-2 triumph over Japan to take the World...
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Nadia Bolz Weber: A pastor for America's outsiders
Pastor Nadia Bolz Weber. Credit: BBCAt the House for All Sinners and Saints in the US city of Denver, a foul-mouthed tattoo-loving Lutheran pastor who was once a Pagan, an alcoholic and a stand-up...
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Move over Carli Lloyd. There's a new badass in town.
Carli Lloyd killed it Sunday night during the US Women's World Cup final, but on the other side of the world, a girl almost half her age has been fighting her way to the top of northern Thailand's Muay...
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US wins women's World Cup, but young athletes still face gender gap
You'd think the rise of Carli Lloyd and Abby Wambach would herald a bigger, better-trained class of US women.You would be wrong. "Without a doubt you see the proof that big events like this affect...
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Why it's hard for women to feel safe on the streets of Kabul
Orzala Ashraf Nemat is the kind of person who prefers visiting shops and her local market on foot. But in her home town of Kabul, that is not always a safe option, particularly for women walking...
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Girls, you don't have to go into STEM. Look at me.
Louie Cronin is a novelist, essayist and audio engineer for PRI's The World. Previously, she worked as an associate producer for Car Talk on NPR.Recently on PRI's The World, as part of our Across...
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Shutting down ads for sex workers will make their lives more dangerous
(Editor's Note: At first blush, the decision seems like a victory for humanity. Courageous, even. Two credit-card companies announced a stop to transactions by sex workers to pay for ads on a...
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This woman reconnected with her birth mother in Brazil to find peace. For her...
Last week, we published a story about US families hiring searchers to help reunite their adopted, Guatemalan-born children with their birth parents. It's a process that can be emotionally taxing for...
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