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Greta Thunberg Has Been Arrested By UK Police For Supporting Detained Palestine Action Activists
The eight Palestine Action activists have been on a hunger strike after being detained for over a year without trial.
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Iran Has Rearrested This Woman Nobel Peace Prize Winner After She Attended A Protest For An Activist
Narges Mohammadi has been arrested multiple times under several charges, including “spreading anti-state propaganda”, and has spent the past 10 years in and out of prison.
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Miss Finland 2025 Has Been Stripped Of Her Title After Posting A Photo Of Her Pulling A Racist "Slant-Eye" Gesture
On Dec. 11, the Miss Finland Organization announced it was stripping Dzafce of her title, saying her actions violated the values of respect and non-discrimination.
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Japanese Girl Group XG’s Youngest Member Cocona Has Publicly Come Out As Transmasculine Non-Binary
“Now, I can finally say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with who I am inside,’”
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Italy Has Officially Made Femicide A Crime With Life Imprisonment As Punishment
The law legally defines femicide as "an act of hatred, discrimination, domination, control, or subjugation of a woman as a woman."
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With 15 Women Killed Every Day, South Africa Has Declared Violence Against Women A National Disaster
South Africa buries a woman every 2.5 hours, and every day at least 15 women are murdered and 117 women report rape cases to the police.
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This Far-Right White Australian Woman Politician Wore A Burqa To Parliament To Call For It To Be Banned
Shortly after her bill of banning burqas, niqabs and similar full-face coverings in public spaces was blocked, Hanson returned wearing a black burqa in protest.
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K-Pop Girl Group TWICE Performed In Taiwan After 10 Years, An Emotional Homecoming For Member Tzuyu
Thousands of fans gathered to welcome Tzuyu home after a decade since the 2016 incident.
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Spain’s Ex-Football President, Who Forcibly Kissed A Woman Player, Was Egged At His Book Launch
Rubiales said the man was his uncle Luis Rubén Rubiales, an actor known in Spain, adding that his uncle egged him because he is a "deranged" person.
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Latvian Lawmakers Have Voted To Withdraw From An International Treaty Protecting Women From Violence, Causing Outrage
The results was met with mass opposition from women’s rights groups and Latvians, with more than 22,000 people signing a petition not to leave the treaty.
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This Sudanese Woman Fled War And Now Works At An Oil Change Garage In Libya, Defying Gender Stereotypes
Mustafa found work as a mechanic in the women-only section of an oil-change garage—challenging gender norms in a field traditionally dominated by men.
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This Miss World Chile Contestant Performed A Death Metal Song At The Pageant And Won The Crown
“It was a great experience to break down barriers on broadcast television, to inspire, to be true to myself, and to show that we shouldn't fear the prejudices of others,”