List of Sex and Gender articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Standing Beside Afghanistan’s Iron Lady
A female Afghan performance artist recently drew international attention to the country's endemic harassment of women. But her message is now in danger of being drowned out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Chinese Woman Walks Into a Men’s Room …
… and ends up in the cross-hairs of state security. What happened?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Women in the Middle of the War
Rampant sexual assault has unmade allegiances in Syria's civil war -- and it may well get worse no matter which side wins.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘They Are the Best Feminist Activists in China’
Why did Chinese authorities detain five feminists on International Women's Day -- and what will become of them? Zhao Sile, a part of the women's rights movement, explains.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Make the Sustainable Development Goals Work
It’s simple: Prioritize women and families.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Now Viral in China: Tolerance
A short LGBTQ-themed film received 100 million online views over China's biggest holiday.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Livestream: Hillary Clinton Addresses U.N., Press Conference Likely to Follow
Watch a livestream of Hillary Clinton's address to the United Nations, which will reportedly be followed with a press conference to address her email scandal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Not Monsters, but Men
India's ban on a new documentary about rape has nothing to do with preventing violence against women. And it won’t solve the country’s sexual assault problem.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 You’ve Reversed a Long Way, Baby
It’s International Women’s Day -- and no one wants to talk about the Islamic State’s hold over women. Why Beijing+20 looks more like Beijing minus 2000.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Step Forward for Afghan Women?
Afghanistan’s about to launch a plan that will promote the role of women in peacemaking. It took a lot of hard work to convince men that women should play an equal role, and the battle isn’t over yet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Tries to Block Benefits for Families of Gay U.N. Employees
Vladimir Putin wants to prevent the U.N. chief from giving spousal benefits to his organization’s gay and lesbian workers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Future of Wombs for Rent
As more countries restrict surrogacy, it gets harder to balance the hopes of people who couldn’t otherwise have biological children with concerns about exploitation of women and kids.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pregnant and Desperate in Evangelical Brazil
As the country grows increasingly religious, strict abortion laws are forcing women to turn to risky, often deadly options to end their pregnancies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan: Still a Man’s World?
Despite Ghani nominating three women to his cabinet, Afghanistan’s women are still not winning.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women Are the Best Weapon in the War Against Terrorism
Fifteen years ago, the U.N. enshrined the idea that equality between men and women is inextricably linked with peace. It's time to act on that.
