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Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and explains why seeking justice for other women means she no longer fears deathAt the age of 10, while still in the third grade, I received news f…
Read MoreAnd They Lived … Ever After is a south Asian book of reworked European classics written by women with disabilities A deaf Snow White, a blind Cinderella, a neurodivergent ugly duckling and a wheelchair-using Rapunzel: classic European fairytales have b…
Read MoreBehind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinentThis year, more than 80 countries and half the world’s population face elections. While many islands in the Caribbean go to the po…
Read MoreBig tobacco ‘working in the shadows’ blamed for killing off NZ’s pioneering plan to protect future generationsUK politics – latest updatesWhen New Zealand announced its world-first law to ban smoking for future generations it was widely hailed as a lif…
Read MoreDocumentary reveals the cost to Nepalese villagers of harvesting a supposed aphrodisiac that sells for more than gold in ChinaEvery year, thousands of Nepalese villagers make their way to the Himalayan foothills in search of a fungus called yarsagumba….
Read MoreIn a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slumsPedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting o…
Read MorePollution, traffic, noise – the busy streets of the Bangladeshi capital prohibit many who are ill or have limited mobility from leaving their homes, posing further risks to their healthThe door of Rehana Khan’s sixth-floor flat is as far as she venture…
Read MoreAfter no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and AfghanistanThe world is “tantalisingly close” to eradicating polio – with no confirmed cases of wild polio anywhere so far this year. …
Read MoreIt has taken 18 years for India to produce its own affordable version to tackle the country’s second-biggest cause of cancer deaths among womenIt is a Wednesday morning and Sneha Neurgaonkar sits on a gurney in a private hospital in Pune, India. The 14…
Read MoreBirthrate continues to fall as young people increasingly reluctant to have children due to bleak job prospects, cost of living and work cultureThe number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data h…
Read MoreFemale prisoners are ‘supplied’ to male inmates of West Bengal jails, sexual abuse is commonplace and hundreds of children are born in prison. But the women are too scared to speak outWhen Tapas Kumar Bhanja was appointed to investigate conditions in W…
Read MorePooja Sharma has dedicated her life to providing a dignified end for thousands of unclaimed bodies lying in mortuaries in India, though she pays for it herself – and it ended her engagementOn an overcast, blustery day, with cars honking in the distance…
Read MoreRuling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in official records was unconstitutionalA court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official record…
Read MoreMillions of women are being let down by lack of support during and after menopause. We asked six, from Brazil to Bangladesh, to share their stories of fighting stigma, dealing with symptoms and supporting othersRead more: A menopause revolution is stir…
Read MoreBeijing says talks productive as US calls for help to fight synthetic opioid crisis responsible for hundreds of thousands of deathsExpert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisisAmerican and Chinese officials met on Tuesday to discuss joint effort…
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