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AJ+’s Managing Editor Dima Khatib Says Journalists In Gaza Are Being Targeted For Reporting The Truth And It Needs To End
“Everything I’ve done in my life, over 30 years of journalism, is nothing like what we’re living in Gaza today.”
Women
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Sierra Leone Has Passed A Law To Ban Child Marriage
Sierra Leone has one of the world’s highest rates for child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal deaths, with one third of girls married before they are 18.
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Namibia’s Youngest Woman Minister Says There Should Be More Young Women In Politics
28-year-old Emma Theofelus says that everything we do is related to politics so young women and young people must get involved in politics to help make decisions about our future.
Activism
Denmark’s Men’s Football Team Has Refused A Pay Raise So The Women’s Team Can Get Equal Pay
The men’s team and the player’s union decided to refuse a wage increase so both teams can get the same pay.
Activism
China Has Jailed This Journalist And Women’s Rights Activist For Five Years For Reporting On China’s #MeToo Movement
36-year-old Sophia Huang Xueqin is a leading figure in China's #MeToo movement, reporting on sexual abuse and starting several campaigns to support survivors.
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This Argentine Actress Who Said She Was Raped By Her Male Co-Star When She Was 16 Has Finally Got Justice
Thelma Fardin said she sought justice for the girl she was and that the court’s decision was “a message of hope for everyone who suffered and is suffering from abuse”.
Women
This Kenyan Refugee Woman Has Made History As The First Black Mayor In Northern Ireland
42-year-old Lilian Seenoi-Barr had been campaigning for an end to forced marriage and female genital mutilation – or FGM – for Massai women in Kenya.
Women
This 60-Year-Old Lawyer And Journalist Competed In The Miss Argentina Beauty Pageant And People Are Loving It
Alejandra Rodriguez said she hopes the concept of beauty will be expanded beyond exterior beauty.
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France's Prime Minister Interrupted A Woman Colleague's Interview And Caused A "Mansplaining" Controversy
The 35-year-old prime minister burst on the stage of Franceinfo during Valérie Hayer’s radio debate with the head of the party June 3.
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Mexico Has Elected Its First Woman President
61-year-old Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist and energy engineer, had also made history in 2018 as the first woman mayor of Mexico City.
Activism
Kehlani Has Released A Powerful New Song Dedicated To The 15,000 Palestinian Children Killed By Israel
“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible," the singer wrote in a post on Instagram.
Women
This Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Was Jailed For Reporting On COVID-19 Has Finally Been Freed
Zhang Zhan, an activist and lawyer, had documented the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown in China, questioning and critizing the government’s response in her social media videos and essays.