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Iraq’s First All-Women Demining Team Are Clearing Landmines Left Over From The War And Saving Lives
In Basra, Iraq, 14 women are defying rigid gender norms as they become the first all-women demining team in the city.
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Samoa’s First Woman Prime Minister Had To Be Sworn In In A Tent After Her Predecessor Locked Her Out
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first woman prime minister, has been sworn in in a tent outside the parliament after her predecessor locked her out of the building.
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This South Korean Comedian Is Being Investigated For Sexual Harrassment For Playing With A Doll
Park Na-rae, a 35-year-old woman comedian from South Korea, is under investigation for sexual harassment for a skit on her YouTube show involving a male doll.
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Kenya Has Appointed This Lawyer, Judge And Human Rights Defender As Its First Woman Chief Justice
Kenyan judge Martha Koome has been appointed as the first woman chief justice – the head of the Supreme Court – in the East African country.
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This Emirati Woman Has Become One Of The First Car Mechanics In The UAE
Meet Huda al-Matroushi, the owner of a car repair shop in the United Arab Emirates who is breaking gender stereotypes.
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Finland’s Football Association Has Started Giving Free Sports Hijabs To All Women Players Who Want One
Finland’s National League, the top division of women’s football, is offering free sports hijabs to any women players in the country who want one.
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Miss Universe Myanmar Held Up A “Pray For Myanmar” Sign At The Beauty Pageant’s Costume Contest
Miss Universe Myanmar, Thuzar Wint Lwin, won the national costume contest at Miss Universe 2020, using the pageant to call on the world to speak out against the coup in her country.
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Cameroon Has Jailed This Trans Influencer And Her Trans Friend For “Attempted Homosexuality”
Shakiro, a trans influencer in Cameroon, and her trans friend, Patricia, have been sentenced to five years in jail for “attempted homosexuality,” public indecency and failing to carry identification.
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Scotland Has Elected This Woman Politician Of Pakistan Descent As Its First Woman Of Color MP
Kaukab Stewart and Pam Gosal made Scottish history on Saturday May 8 after they became the first ever women of color elected to join the Scottish Parliament in its 22-year history.
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A Car Bomb Detonated Outside A Girls’ School In Afghanistan, Killing At Least 85 People, Mostly Girls
At least 85 people, mostly young girls, have been killed and another 147 wounded in a bomb attack outside a girl’s school in Afghanistan on Saturday May 8.
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This Top Israeli Soccer Referee Has Come Out To Become The First Trans Referee In Her Country
Sapir Berman, one of Israel’s top referees, made sports history when she officiated her first game in the Israeli Premier League after she came out as transgender in April.
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The First Woman President Of The EU Was Left Without A Chair At A Meeting With Two Male Leaders
Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman president of the European Commission, was forced to sit on the sofa during a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and European Council president Charles Michel in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday Apr. 7.