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‘This is another pandemic’: a female survivor of domestic abuse in China speaks out

Chinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists say only real social change will stop the abuseTang Ping, 31, a mother-of-two in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, says in 2014 when her first child was six month…

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Tycoon’s son sentenced to death in Pakistan in high-profile rape and murder case

Zahir Jaffer tortured and beheaded Noor Mukadam, in July last year, in case that sparked outrage over violence against womenA court in Islamabad has sentenced to death the tycoon’s son who raped and murdered Noor Mukadam, a case that sparked outrage in…

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‘House of love’: the calm, creative space changing young lives in Karachi

In Lyari, a slum notorious for violence in Pakistan’s most populous city, Mehr Ghar offers young people a safe place to hang out and study – and, for many, an alternative path to gang lifeLiving in Lyari was like living on the frontlines of a war, says…

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‘We are struggling’: two former officials at Afghan women’s affairs ministry

Gul Bano and Karima’s former offices are in the hands of the Taliban – and they fear for their livesGul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former o…

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‘We will start again’: Afghan female MPs fight on from parliament in exile

From Greece the women are advocating for fellow refugees – and those left behind under Taliban ruleIt is a Saturday morning in November, and Afghan MP Nazifa Yousufi Bek gathers up her notes and prepares to head for the office. But instead of jumping i…

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‘The heaven of film-making’: how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story

A gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries• I Am Belmaya reviewBelmaya Nepali’s life changed for ever when, at 14, she was given a camera.The British film-maker Sue Carpenter had come to Pokhara, a …

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‘He lives freely, I live in fear’: the plight of India’s abandoned wives

Activists highlight the poverty, stigma and abuse faced by women deserted by spouses living abroad Kamala Reddy*, 33, a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, married Vijay Kumar* in a traditional Hindu wedding in 2012. Kumar, who was working in the UK…

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‘Every man was drinking’: how much do bans on alcohol help women in India?

Women’s protests led to prohibition in Bihar but can alcohol bans end domestic abuse and harassment?Holding sticks and brooms, the women marched to the liquor shop in the centre of Konar village. It was a rare ambush in the staunchly patriarchal Bihar …

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The disappeared in Mexico, Afghan female footballers and a giant puppet: human rights this fortnight in pictures

A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms from Thailand to Texas Continue reading…

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Sex workers fighting for human rights among world’s most ‘at risk activists’

Exclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ around the world‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak outSex worker activists are among the most at risk defenders of human …

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Pakistan reckons with its ‘gender terrorism epidemic’ after murder of Noor Mukadam

Victims’s family speak of their heartbreak as brutal killing sparks national debate on lack of progress to end violence against womenThe family of a 27-year-old woman who was allegedly tortured and beheaded by the son of a business tycoon have spoken o…

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