Women
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Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability
The large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human…
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World Entrepreneurs and Investment Forum puts women at the heart of economic transformation
Women entrepreneurs must be recognized as the architects of economic change and not the beneficiaries. That was the central message…
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Women and girls in science: Dismantling barriers, closing gender gaps
Although women are more likely than young men to pursue higher education, they make up only 35 per cent of…
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From rural margins to media trailblazers: India’s women journalists are rewriting the news
Far from global newsrooms and editorial boardrooms, a radically different model of journalism has been taking shape for over two…
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Fatwas, faith and fallacies: Myth-busting female genital mutilation in Africa
Olivia Albert, 19, was subjected to female genital (FGM) mutilation when she was 14. She told the UN sexual and reproductive…
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Between fear and survival: Women and girls flee violence in northern Syria
When fighting recently intensified near her neighbourhood in Aleppo, in northern Syria, Fatima and her family had to run. Now…
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Built on care and connection: How one Somali-British woman is strengthening diaspora communities
When her family moved from Somalia to London in the 1980s, Safia Jama watched women in her community help her…
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At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence
When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are “at the heart of…
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From Tbilisi courtyards to virtual rooms, young women reimagine peace across divides
In a region long overshadowed by conflict narratives, a new kind of leadership is emerging – quiet, insistent, and unmistakably…
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Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns
Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday, with Israeli attacks destroying almost…
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