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April 20th, 2018

The suffragettes are 100 years old

in:	Humans
by:	Federica Tedeschi

At the beginning of the 20th century the suffrage movement was in full swing. And now?

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March 08th, 2017

A hunger strike to stop violence against women

in:	Humans
by:	Maria Clara Montoya

The first two months of 2017 have been especially tough for women in Spain. According to the official numbers, more than 20 have been murdered in crimes based on [...]

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November 30th, 2016

Saudi prince says ban on women driving is '"unjust"

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal supports an end to the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia.“Preventing a woman from driving a car is [...]

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November 16th, 2016

A glimmer of hope in the face of mansplaining

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

It's easy to feel like the rights of marginalised people were flushed down the toilet with last week's election of you-know-who.So I'm pleased to [...]

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January 21st, 2016

Gender Equality in China: Women Hold Up Half the Sky

in:	Humans
by:	Nicole Webb

Fast forward to the early eighties, when China’s economy was opened to the West under President Deng Xiaopeng; while the nation blossomed, women lagged [...]

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January 20th, 2016

Irish women are live tweeting their periods for a very good reason

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

The pro-choice campaign for abortions is reaching a head in Ireland, with women live tweeting their periods to the taoiseach, Edna Kenny, in response [...]

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June 02nd, 2015

Transgenders win fight against Sharia court

in:	Humans
by:	Neelo Aysha Scholz

Three transgender women in Malaysia won an unprecedented challenge to a Sharia court law. After having been arrested repeatedly and harassed by police, they [...]

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March 09th, 2015

Women Good, Quotas Bad.

by:	Gurmeet Singh

When Gulliver washes up on the shores of Lilliput, he’s forced into an emergency situation: he needs to put a fire out in the palace, and the giant [...]

Protesters mark the anniversary of the Delhi gang rape of Jyoti Singh in 2012

March 03rd, 2015

A girl can do anything, if she won't get raped

by:	Murat Suner

Jyoti Singh had just completed her medical exams to become a doctor. Speaking excellent English, she spent nights working in a call centre from 8pm [...]

Turkey : 20-year-old Turkish woman murdered, body burnt

February 17th, 2015

The length of your skirt

by:	Murat Suner

Özgecan Aslan, a 20 year old psychology Turkish student from Mersin was kidnapped on Wednesday on her way home. The driver of the minibus [...]

Dignitaries gather to celebrate the launch of UN Women.

October 08th, 2014

First ever men-only conference on gender equality? Sounds like progress

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

When Iceland's foreign minister announced at last week's UN General Assembly that his country would host the UN's first male-only conference on [...]

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