Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women
The country has demanded an end to misogynist violence—and the government has failed to deliver
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How major abortion laws compare, state by state
Access to abortion in the U.S. depends on where you live. Increasingly, the South and Midwest are becoming complete abortion deserts.
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Bangladeshi Women Turned a Movement Into a Revolution. Then They Disappeared.
The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside
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'It’s heartbreaking' – Sudan’s worsening maternal health crisis
Dr Safa Ali helps dozens of patients a day. But there’s one she won’t easily forget
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Republicans Take Aim at Subsidies that Help Millions of Women
Conservatives have long desired to slash programs that help with healthcare, food, housing and transportation
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Mexico’s Grassroots Pro-Choice Insurgency
The country’s government is failing to guarantee abortion access, and self-organized collectives are filling the gap
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‘Shattered hopes’ – Afghan women react to the Taliban’s ban on medical studies
Afghan women students describe their devastation at a new edict that cuts off their last professional training opportunities and threatens to worsen a maternal health crisis
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To Quit Their Jobs, Sugar Workers Risk Kidnapping, Assault and Murder
Why would anyone stay in a job where abuse is rampant and women are coerced into hysterectomies? Because the cost of escaping India’s cane fields is often even higher
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“This is our fight” – Kenyan healthcare providers brace for Trump presidency
Kenya’s reproductive healthcare providers are braced for a second Trump presidency – but this time, they’re prepared
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Women Support Harris, but the American Presidency Remains a Male Bastion
In the end, Americans chose the man whose presidency led to the undoing of abortion rights over the woman who said she would fight to restore them
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America’s Anti-abortion Business is Booming in Africa
U.S. groups opposed to reproductive rights are increasing their spending in Africa
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Sexism in politics: It’s the same old story
Harris faces one major obstacle male politicians never do: sexism
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Harris Supporters Urge Women to Vote Their Consciences
Even as one of their own vies to be the first female president, even with abortion rights high on the list of campaign issues, even after more than a century of suffrage, some women still look to their husbands and other trusted men before casting their ballots
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U.S. blocks imports from former doTERRA frankincense supplier over forced labor
The U.S. has banned imports from Asli Maydi, the Somali company that supplied frankincense oil to the popular U.S. essential oils brand doTERRA, over the use of forced labor. The ban follows an investigation published last year by The Fuller Project into the abuse and exploitation of women
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A Trump Victory Could Reinvigorate Global Anti-abortion Pact
In this year’s U.S. election, abortion is also a top foreign-policy issue
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