Women
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Falls, feuds and fury: Miss Universe crowned after chaotic – and controversial – pageant
Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned the 74th Miss Universe, after accusing an organiser in Thailand of i…
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Kashmir, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Mongolia, Pastoralism, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
- Cricket, India, Society, South and Central Asia, Sport, Women, Women's cricket, Women's Cricket World Cup, World news
Hit for six: why India’s Women’s Cricket World Cup win is victory for equality
Sacrifices made to reach final – defying social stigma, lack of resources and juggling jobs between training –…
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Single mothers in China find a new kind of partner – other single mothers
Posts from women seeking like-minded parents to share a home and child-rearing responsibilities are appearing …
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Bollywood, Computing, Deepfake, Digital media, Global development, India, Instagram, Life and style, Media, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet
Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women onlineGaatha S…
- Afghanistan, Culture, Documentary films, Education, Film, Literacy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just a…
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Sanae Takaichi appoints just two women to cabinet after becoming Japan’s first female PM
New leader had promised levels of female representation comparable to those in Iceland, where six of cabinet o…
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Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference
Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagon…
- Activism, Afghanistan, Education, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguin…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global education, Human rights, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair
Many Afghan women and girls can no longer communicate or study online after the internet is cut off in 12 prov…
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South Korean woman who bit off attacker’s tongue acquitted after 61 years
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea …
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South Korean woman who bit off attacker’s tongue acquitted after 61 years
Choi Mal-ja’s appeal gained momentum after #MeToo movement inspired her to seek justiceA court in South Korea …
- Afghanistan, Beauty, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, World news
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations…
- Afghanistan, Beauty, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, World news
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations…
- Divorce, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Too many women choose death over divorce’: the Indian retreats taking the shame out of separation
Divorce is not an end but a beginning, says Rafia Afi, who gets women together to change ideas about toxic mar…