Women
The sex education curriculum is aimed at tackling the country’s high rates of child pregnancy but instead promotes conservative stereotypes and harmful beliefs about gender and sex.
Impact
The law, which was first introduced in 1998 and finally passed after nearly 30 years on Sep. 19, will also ban gender-based discrimination, including verbal abuse, as well as stereotyping, discriminating or disqualifying candidates based on their gender.
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Since Oct. 7, Israel has killed at least 176 journalists in Gaza, murdering at least five intentionally, making it the deadliest period for journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Women
Since IndiGo introduced the feature, the number of solo women travelers choosing these "pink seats" has risen by 60 to 70%.
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Here’s what happened around the world in September 2024
LGBTQ
Kesaria Abramidze, an influencer and model with more than half a million followers on Instagram, was stabbed to death in her home in Tbilisi.
Women
The new penalty comes after 30 reported incidents of sexual harassment between January and August of 2024, and many more reported on social media.
Women
An autopsy, however, contradicted this and revealed that Joksimovic was strangled before her body was dismembered.
Women
71-year-old Gisèle Pélicot was drugged by her husband and raped at least 92 times by 72 men between 2011 and 2020 without her knowledge.
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Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, 27, has been crowned New Zealand’s new Māori Queen after her father, King Tuheitia, died in hospital after heart surgery.
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Afghan women are sharing videos of them singing to protest against new Taliban laws that bans women’s voices in public.
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33-year-old Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished 44th in marathon at the Paris Olympics in August, was attacked outside her house in Kenya.