List of Women’s Rights 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 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 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 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 ‘I Want to Be a Miss Myanmar’
Lap dances, forced plastic surgery, and a fist full of yaba: How to make it as a teenage beauty queen in Asia’s newest boomtown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Still Waiting for Davos Woman
The Alpine retreat is both absurd and worthy -- but can't achieve its goals as long as it is primarily a guy thing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is the Pope Good for Filipina Women?
In a land of fervent believers, some say that the pope isn’t being progressive enough when it comes to the rights of women.
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A man puts a ring on his wife during a m The Last Country in the World Where Divorce Is Illegal
Welcome to the Philippines, home to philandering politicians, millions of “illegitimate” children, and marital laws that make Italy look liberal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s Time to Act for Afghan Women: Pass EVAW
Why Afghanistan needs to pass the Elimination of Violence Against Women bill.
