Women
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From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane
Three women in Jamaica whose lives were upended by the destructive force of a hurricane which battered the Caribbean island…
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Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse
For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from a man she’d never seen nor met. One day, the…
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Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter
Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” while violence continues and essentials…
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From silence to strength: Women leaders speak out in South Sudan
Scolded for wanting to go to school as a girl and dismissed or ignored as an adult, Awrelia from Wau…
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World News in Brief: Violence against Haitian women, WHO alert over support for survivors worldwide, Youth Activist Summit marks hope over hate
Between January and September, over 7,400 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) were reported in Haiti – an average of about…
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AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women
What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of…
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Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’
When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and…
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Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth
In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival. …
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Progress in protecting women is real but fragile, UN-backed report warns
Despite measurable gains in protecting women and girls from violence, recent progress is at risk of reversal unless global action…
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Around 224 million women still don’t access family planning
Since 1990, the number of people using modern contraception methods has doubled globally but despite this, nearly 224 million women…
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