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Hundreds of women in Iran have taken to the streets to protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after she was arrested by “morality” police for “improperly” wearing her hijab. Her story is not the first to cause public indignation.
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Standing up against oppression and aggression, women around the world this week showed their support for Iran, Ukraine and Taiwan through their words and actions.
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A video of at least 100 students from the all-men college Elías Ahuja has gone viral after they organized a mass cat-call towards the residents of an all-woman college on Friday October 2.
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A video of Finnish prime minister, Sanna Marin, responding to a question about how to end the war in Ukraine has gone viral for her iconic answer.
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Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen gave a powerful speech about the value of democracy, freedom and what it means to be Taiwanese on the country’s national day on Monday Oct. 10.
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Another Iranian teen girl has been found dead allegedly at the hands of the security forces who have been cracking down on protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Russian authorities have fined Miss Crimea 2022 Olga Valeyeva for singing a Ukrainian song which ‘discredited’ the Russian army.
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A Swedish member of the European parliament cut off her hair during a speech to the EU assembly to stand with the women in Iran on Tuesday Oct. 4.
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Iranian police forces have allegedly stolen and buried the body of a 16-year-old girl after she took part in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death.
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Here are some of the inspiring women you should know about from around the world this week.
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At least 53 people, most of them girls, have been killed, in a suicide bomb attack outside an education center in Afghanistan on Friday Sep. 30.
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Myanmar authorities have sentenced a model to six years in prison after she posted content on OnlyFans.