Women
Sheetal Devi became the first Indian woman, as well as the first and only woman without upper limbs, to win an archery medal at the Paralympics.
Women
31-year-old Jodie Grinham, who was born with an arm disability, won a bronze medal in the women’s individual compound event while she was seven-months pregnant.
Impact
Zakia Khudadadi had been smuggled out of Afghanistan after the Taliban took over Afghanistan so that she could compete at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021.
Women
The new laws require women to cover their entire bodies, including their faces, in public to prevent "temptation.”
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Many of the chat rooms are based on schools, with many victims being girls in middle and high schools.
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30-year-old Noor Salman started training as way of self-defense.
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Seven-year-old Heaven Awot was raped and killed by her mother’s landlord.
Women
Tomasdottir was previously the head of Iceland's Chamber of Commerce and the CEO of a global non-profit that works to promote diversity in the workplace.
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The hospital told Theresa Xu it was not possible to proceed without a marriage certificate, and doctors instead encouraged her to have babies while she was still young.
Politics
37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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23-year-old Chidimma Adetshina was born in South Africa to a father from Nigeria and a mother from Mozambique.
Women
The 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered inside a government-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.