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Chloé Lopes Gomes, the first black ballerina at Germany’s leading ballet company, who spoke out about the racism she experienced within the company has won €14,000 ($19,000) in compensation and a contract renewal.
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Sarah Voss, a gymnast from Germany, defied convention and competed in a full bodysuit instead of a leotard to take a stand against sexualization in gymnastics.
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Tens of thousands of people across Russia took to the streets in unsanctioned protests on Wednesday, demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose health is failing in prison.
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Paing Takhon, one of Myanmar’s most popular celebrities, has been detained by the military as part of a crackdown on celebrities who have spoken out against the coup.
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Voters in Greenland have elected the main opposition left-wing environmentalist party in general elections on Tuesday Apr. 6.
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Soccer players from a number of European countries are showing their support for the rights of migrant workers in Qatar during their 2022 World Cup qualifier matches.
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Global superstar K-pop group BTS have condemned the recent waves of anti-Asian racism and violence occurring in the United States and shared their own experiences of racism as Asians with a letter on Twitter using #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate.
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Women in Turkey held a mass protest on Saturday Mar. 27 against the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to withdraw the country from an international treaty preventing violence against women.
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Ilmira Bagautdinova, a ballerina from the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, danced on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in a graceful protest against the construction of a port.
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Tashnuva Anan Shishir, an activist and actor, has become the first transgender news anchor in Bangladesh after she delivered her first broadcast on a private TV channel on International Women’s Day.
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Yo-Yo Ma, world-famous cellist, put on a surprise concert in the waiting room after he received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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More than 36,000 people celebrated the 43rd annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground in one of the world’s few Pride events that was allowed to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.