Women
This Palestinian Mother With Five Children Has Become The First Woman Taxi Driver In Gaza
Nayla Abu Jubbah, a 39-year-old Palestinan mother of five, has become the first woman taxi driver in Gaza city.
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Meghan Markle Revealed She Had A Miscarriage In July In A Personal Essay To Try And Break The Taboo
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July this year.
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Scotland Has Become The First Country In The World To Make Period Products Free For Everyone
Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free and available for anyone who needs them.
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Argentina’s Government Will Finally Revote On Legalizing Abortion After Narrowly Rejecting A Bill In 2018
Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández has finally presented a draft bill to legalize abortion to Congress after saying he would do so in March.
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New Zealand Police Have Added A Hijab To Its Official Uniform For The First Time
New Zealand police have added a hijab to its official uniform for the first time.
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Moldova Has Elected Its First Woman President, A World Bank Economist Who Studied At Harvard
Maia Sandu, a 48-year-old economist who went to Harvard, was elected as Moldova’s first woman president on Monday Nov. 16. Sandu, who supports closer ties with the European Union, won 57.7 percent of the votes, beating her male opponent, Igor Dodon, the incumbent president who had the open backing o
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Women In Mexico Are Protesting After Police Opened Fire On People Protesting A Woman’s Murder
Police in Cancún, Mexico, have caused outrage after they opened fire during a protest women held against femicide on Monday evening, sparking further protests against police brutality as well as gender-violence in the following days.
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Australia’s Male Prime Minister Interrupted This Woman MP As She Was Discussing Misogyny In Politics
People are criticizing Australian prime minister Scott Morrison after he interrupted a woman MP while she was answering a question about the culture for women in politics.
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This Iranian Lawyer Jailed For Defending Women Removing Their Hijabs Has Been Temporarily Freed
Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been temporarily released, according to the judiciary’s news agency.
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This Filipino Photographer Takes Photos Of Girls With Objects From Daily Life And The Results Are Stunning
Alfred Acenas, a 21-year-old aspiring photographer in Tumauini, Isabela province in the Philippines, has gone viral after impressing people on Facebook with his unique DIY home photoshoots, where he uses everyday objects as props for fashion-forward shoots.
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New Zealand Has Appointed This Māori Woman Politician As Its First Indigenous Woman Foreign Minister
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed a Māori woman as the country’s foreign minster for the first time in history.
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Poland’s Top Court Ruled To Ban Abortion In Almost All Cases And Women Are Protesting
Thousands of women have taken to the streets across Poland for days in a row following a ruling that bans abortion for almost all cases.