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An Indonesian Islamic boarding school principal has been sentenced to death after he raped at least 13 girls over the course of five years.
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Amid Russian shelling, Ukrainian mothers are being forced to give birth in makeshift maternity hospitals in basements.
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From the Philippines raising the age of sexual consent to the Russian state TV journalist who crashed a live news program to protest the war, here are some of the biggest world news stories from March 2022.
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Afghan girl students took to the streets of Kabul to protest their right to education after the Taliban banned them from returning to school.
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High school girls were told to return home when they showed up at school on the first day of the academic year.
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Protests have broken out in Sudan after a 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by security forces involved in dispersing anti-government protesters.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, who was imprisoned for six years in Iran for “allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian regime” has been released and returned home to the UK.
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Guatemala’s congress has suspended a bill that would have banned same-sex marriage, increased abortion penalties and prohibited schools from teaching sexual diversity after the conservative president said he would veto it.
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A journalist who worked at one of Russia’s major state-controlled TV stations crashed a live news program to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Actor Emma Watson made a statement in support of trans rights and inclusion while presenting an award at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday Mar. 13.
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The Philippines has officially raised the age of sexual consent from 12 to 16.
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98 women judges have formally taken seats to preside over hearings at Egypt’s top court on Sunday March 6.