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Bars for queer and transgender women are disappearing worldwide. Will they...
LGBTQ bars have been steadily disappearing for decades. In the 1980s, there were more than 1,500 LGBTQ bars in the US; now, there are less than 1,000. For bars catering to queer women, the plunge has...
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How women and girls are especially at risk of hunger during the pandemic
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has driven an unprecedented increase in hunger across the world, according to the United Nations’ assessment of humanitarian needs in 2021, released this...
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Argentina's lower house approves bill legalizing abortion
In a proposal from Argentina President Alberto Fernández and in response to long-sought demands from women's rights activists, lawmakers in Argentina's lower house on Friday passed a bill that would...
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European leaders approve stimulus package; Argentina moves to legalize...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.European Parliament lawmakers have finally approved a coronavirus stimulus package in a compromise that...
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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! 245 years on, devotees celebrate with virtual...
For centuries, Jane Austen’s writing has been renowned for its wit, self-awareness and realism. Even now, on what would have been the novelist's 245th birthday on Dec. 16, Austen’s fiction continues to...
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Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope's native Argentina
Argentina's Senate passed a law legalizing elective abortion in Pope Francis' homeland early Wednesday after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for the women's movement that has been fighting for...
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The Irish govt and Catholic Church apologized for abusive mother-and-baby...
Francis Timmons was born in 1971, at Madonna House, a state-run home for unwed mothers and their children, in Dublin. Timmons was only 4 when he left the home, but still has painful memories of his...
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Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to 'use her words' to fight against racism
As a kid in Zimbabwe, Shungudzo was the first woman of color to compete on the national artistic gymnastics team.It wasn't easy, but Shungudzo, a singer-songwriter and poet — she also appeared on MTV's...
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Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?
Every Friday, María Gallardo and Francesc Turmo pick up their three children from school together. They first head to one building to wait for 3-year-old Martí and 5-year-old Mia, who run to their...
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Biden seeks to extend US-Russia arms deal; Controversial tweet from Iran's...
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.President Joe Biden seeks a five-year extension with Russia on the New START treaty — the only deal left that...
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South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families
Lee Hyeon-ju and her husband Choi Kyu-ho have been helping out at her grandmother’s dried fish business on weekends.The couple married in 2019, and live in Pohang on South Korea’s east coast. They’re...
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DHS issues warning on 'violent domestic extremists'
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a national terrorism bulletin Wednesday on the growing...
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Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Poland amid protests
Protesters took to the streets across Poland as a near-total ban on abortion law has taken effect in Poland after a top court ruled that the abortion of congenitally damaged fetuses is...
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Deb Haaland, Biden's interior secretary nominee, says she'll be 'fierce for...
President Biden has chosen Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland to be the next secretary of the interior. Rep. Haaland represents New Mexico’s 1st Congressional district and, if confirmed, she will be the first...
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‘Married to the mountains’: Arab women mountaineers set records despite...
For 43-year-old Nadhira al-Harthy, “summit day” started at 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 13.“I felt all the emotions like … I was nervous, I was happy, I was ready, I was not ready,” she recalled.Ready or not,...
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Putting a price on women’s unpaid work in India
Cleaning, cooking, taking care of children. These are typical tasks performed at home that are often unpaid — and overwhelmingly done by women — throughout the world.But a political party in the Indian...
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The problem with India's 'love jihad' laws
Under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has put forward several anti-Muslim policies. The latest is a clampdown on what it sees as “love jihad,”...
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In Zimbabwe, a talk therapy program trains 'grandmothers' to lend a...
In Zimbabwe, a unique talk therapy program known as Friendship Bench delivers much-needed therapeutic care at a time when people need it most. COVID-19 has taken a huge mental health toll across the...
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One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people.To some, it’s an issue of protest, while for others it’s a statement of social...
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Greece ‘finally’ has its #MeToo moment
An Olympic medalist’s testimony of sexual assault has sparked a #MeToo reckoning in one of Europe's most conservative nations.Since Greek sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou’s revelations in January...
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