Conservatives have not limited their attack on reproductive rights to the United States. They’ve been busy imposing their will on other countries, too—with disastrous consequences for millions of poor women
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Not since 1950 have more pregnant women and babies been sick with syphilis — a perfect storm of slashed public health funding and the spread of maternity-care deserts
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On the eve of parliamentary elections, nationwide protests have ended—and a misogynist backlash is just beginning
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Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows
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Data shows 60,000 unhoused women in the state, among them domestic violence survivors, pregnant women and mothers
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The region’s social stigmas are deterring women from reporting online sexual abuse
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Marlena Fontes is a climate activist and mother who wants to take down the fossil fuel industry
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Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened
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Tech is dominated by men. Only a small percentage of solar and wind workers are female – but there are places where women shine in the clean tech world
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Scientists still ignore sex differences in testing new treatments
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In Kenya’s tea plantations, labor activists say thirty thousand women have lost their jobs as a result of automation — they represent a broader global trend, with experts saying women are more likely than men to be automated out of a job
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California would become the first state to require venture capital firms disclose the race and gender of the founders of the companies they fund, under a bill currently awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature
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Millions of community health workers, like the famous ASHA workers of India, form the cost-effective backbone of rural health programs around the world but are often unpaid — meaning millions of unpaid or underpaid women are effectively subsidizing trillions of dollars in global health
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An investigation into rising female suicides in Afghanistan as the Taliban erodes women’s rights
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The Sudanese women who toppled al-Bashir wanted an equal seat at the negotiating table. Instead, they were sidelined by fundamentalist military commanders who served under al-Bashir
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