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Scoring goals: Women’s football in Egypt on the rise | Football News
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Scoring goals: Women’s football in Egypt on the rise | Football News

Every time Amira Mohamed stepped onto the pitch, it was never just a game. For her, and hundreds of Egyptian female footballers, the...

Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide: Family | Sexual Assault News
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Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide: Family | Sexual Assault News

The 41-year-old’s family issued a statement, confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia. Virginia Giuffre – who accused...

Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means | Women’s Rights News
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Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means | Women’s Rights News

The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to a “biological woman and biological sex” under UK...

Faux feminism has left the planet | Space
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Faux feminism has left the planet | Space

On Monday, April 14, six elite American women blasted off into space from west Texas on a self-piloting rocket ship developed by the...

It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM | Women’s Rights
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It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM | Women’s Rights

In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year...

Filipino women fight for the right to divorce in a deeply Catholic country | Religion News
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Filipino women fight for the right to divorce in a deeply Catholic country | Religion News

101 East meets the women fighting for the right to end their marriages in the deeply Catholic Philippines. The Philippines is the only...

The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights
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The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights

“My daughter is being gang raped and sold to countless men.” These were the words, spoken by a heartbroken mother, that first alerted...

In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought | Drought News
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In Kenya, girls are sold into marriage to stave off starvation from drought | Drought News

Marsabit, Kenya – As the sun approaches its scorching zenith, Dukano Kelle heads out from the desolate settlement of Kambinye in northern Kenya,...

Nepal’s girls face new child marriage fears amid debate to change law | Gender Equity News
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Nepal’s girls face new child marriage fears amid debate to change law | Gender Equity News

Bardiya, Nepal – Bali, unlike most girls around her, never liked to sing and dance. She loved cars and dreamed of how it...