California voters expected to pass abortion rights measure | Elections News
The Democratic Party hopes that fight to protect abortion rights will galvanise voters in November’s midterm elections. California has started
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Women's Rights
Abortion ‘desert’ in US south is hurting Black women the most | Business and Economy News
In the weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an abortion desert has ballooned in the US South, where
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Photos: In remote Nepal, a mother and son go to same school | Education
A Nepali mother of two, Parwati Sunar, finds herself attending the same school as her son after returning to an
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‘You are not honourable anymore’: Shamed into Iraq’s sex trade | Human Trafficking
Part I – The Ambush The sedan pulled into a side street in Mansour, an upmarket area of western Baghdad.
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Women working inside an Afghan chemical lab face uncertain future | Women
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan – Arzoo Noori holds two glass vials, carefully pouring a clear liquid from one to the other. As
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Papua New Guinea fails to end ‘evil’ of sorcery-related violence | Women News
Reports of machete-wielding men slashing innocent bystanders, arson attacks, sexual violence against girls, and the displacement of thousands of people
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A letter to … a child born the day the Taliban retook Afghanistan | Taliban
In May 2021, the Taliban launched an offensive following the announcement that US and NATO troops would withdraw from Afghanistan
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‘I’ll be sacrificed’: The lost and sold daughters of Afghanistan | Women’s Rights
Listen to this story: Herat, Afghanistan – The last time Aalam Gul Jamshidi saw her daughter was the night the
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A year of Taliban takeover: The missing women in Afghan workforce | Taliban News
It has been a year since 43-year-old Masuda Samar, a senior official at an Afghanistan ministry, stepped into her office.
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UK track coach Minichiello banned for life for sexual misconduct | Athletics News
Tony Minichiello is found guilty of four charges, including ‘sexually physical behavior’ with athletes. The coach who helped British track
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