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Norway Has Passed A “Only Yes Means Yes” Law That Defines Rape As Sex Without Consent
Any sex without clear and explicit consent is legally considered rape in Norway, even if there was no violence or physical force.
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This 11-Year-Old Indian Girl Died After She Was Raped And Stabbed And People Want Justice
This 11-year-old Indian girl had been allegedly raped by a man who lived near her aunt’s house.
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A Man Shot And Murdered This 17-Year-Old Pakistani TikToker Just Because She Rejected Him
Police said the man had killed Yousaf because she didn’t reply to his repeated attempts to “become friends” with her.
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New Zealand’s Youngest Māori MP Gave A Powerful Speech Over Being Suspended For Leading A Haka
"Are our voices too loud for this house? Is that the reason why we are being silenced?"
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Meghan Markle Shared A Video Of Her Dancing To Induce Lilibet’s Birth And People Still Found A Reason To Be Mad
While many fans celebrated the joyful moment, many, including several mainstream media outlets, predictably criticized it, calling it "cringey" and "attention-seeking".
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What To Do When You Are Targeted With Intimate Deepfakes With Ivette Yáñez Soria At RightsCon 2025
“What you see on the internet is not always real.”
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This Taiwanese Woman Activist Started The World’s First Period Museum To End Period Stigma
Lin, who suffers from endometriosis, told Almost she hopes to help people understand that periods are natural and that period equality is a human right.
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This Canadian Doctor Slammed The BBC For Trying To "Both-Sides" Israel’s Genocide
"You don't ask the perpetrator of a genocide their opinion."
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This British Woman Ran The London Marathon In Her Wedding Dress To Honor Her Late Husband
Laura Coleman-Day told Almost what inspired her to run in her wedding dress.
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This Colombian Model And Influencer Was Murdered And People Are Demanding Justice
22-year-old María José Estupiñán, who was a university student, was shot and killed in the northeastern city of Cúcuta by a person pretending to be a delivery man on May 15.
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Malta Is Making Period Products Free For All Students In Middle And High Schools To Help Reduce Period Poverty
This is another step in the global effort to reduce “period poverty,” when people cannot access basic sanitary products when they need them.
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This Mexican Beauty Influencer Was Shot And Killed During A TikTok Livestream
23-year-old Valeria Márquez, who had around 200,000 followers on social media, was killed in a beauty salon where she worked in Zapopan, Jalisco state, in central Mexico, on May 13.