List of Women’s Rights articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. Finally Did Something Right in Africa — and It’s About to Stop
Lesotho's women have benefited from a trade deal that’s now at risk because of the country’s male politicians.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 8 Reasons for the U.N.’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
The days should be a nice but ultimately unnecessary symbol. They are not.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 French Women Walked out of the Office Early to Protest the Pay Gap. What If American Women Did the Same?
What if American women copied their French and Icelandic counterparts and left the office early to prove a point about equal pay?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President Trump Would Be a Disaster for Women in the Military
The Republican candidate’s blatant sexism and misogyny would all but undo the recent strides U.S. servicewomen have made.
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rsz_1cover_somalia Meet the Tank Girls Taking on al-Shabab
Somalia’s fight against jihad will be decisive for women’s rights — and may be decided by female soldiers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘Women Survive. They Do Not Live.’
ISIS brutalizes women in the name of Islam — and it still has thousands of female slaves in its grasp.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Mass Street Protests, Poland Backs Off of Proposal to Blanket Ban Abortion
A Polish official mocked women's plans to march, but 30,000 of them showed up anyway.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Summer of Women
Three women have recently risen to high political positions in Japan’s famously closed society, but is the country really ready to embrace openness and inclusion?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 From the Taliban Frying Pan to the Islamic State Fire
In Afghanistan, survivors from Islamic State-controlled regions speak of a cruel new regime that makes the Taliban look permissive by comparison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Islamic Republic’s War on Women
The election of Hassan Rouhani gave new momentum to Iran’s devout Muslim feminists — but the mullahs aren’t having it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 French Court to Anti-Burkini Mayors: No, You Can’t Actually Ban Swimsuits.
The reversal on burkini bans began on Friday when a French court suspended the ban in one tourist town.
