Moonlit migrant image wins World Press Photo award
2014-02-17
American photographer won the World Press Photo of the Year award for 2013 with a moonlit shot of African migrants in Djibouti holding their cellphones to the sky, seeking a better reception signal |
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Facebook allows users to customise gender
2014-02-14
Facebook has announced that it will allow users to customise their gender, after consulting on the subject with gay and transgender advocacy groups |
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Family blames Saudi gender segregation rules for student's death
Angus McDowall and Sami Aboudi
2014-02-10
The family of a Saudi woman student who died of heart problems has said her university prevented medics from getting to her in time because of rules barring men from the women-only part of the campus |
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Pussy Riot Members Appear At U.S. Concert
2014-02-06
Two formerly jailed members of the Russian punk-rock protest group Pussy Riot have appeared at a concert in the United States, calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin.... |
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Sarah Silverman is visited by Jesus Christ
2014-01-28
Jesus Christ visits Sarah Silverman to discuss women's reproductive rights |
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Freed Pussy Riot Members Visit Russian Women’s Prison
2014-01-16
Two recently amnestied members of the feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot have returned to the penal colony in Nizhny Novgorod where one of them was imprisoned to support inmates' rights |
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Muslim views on how women should dress in public
Lisa Anderson
2014-01-13
The survey - which polled about 3,000 men and women in each country except Saudi Arabia, where the number was 2,005 - offered respondents a chart of six illustrated styles of dress from which to choose |
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Swedish Doctors Transplant Wombs Into 9 Women
2014-01-13
Nine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated from relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, the doctor in charge of the pioneering project has revealed |
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Plus Size Barbie On Modeling Site Sparks Debate Over Body Image
Ellie Krupnick
2013-12-25
"Plus-size" models (or any models above the super-skinny norm, for that matter) serve a dual purpose: They showcase plus-size clothing for a growing market... and they also provide women with.. |
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