Activists Masih Alinejad and Zehra Doğan awarded ‘Freethinker’ prize
2017-11-09
The Swiss Freethinker Association has awarded its 2017 “Freethinker” prize to two pioneering women: Kurdish journalist and painter Zehra Doğan and writer-activist Masih Alinejad.
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Global gender gap grows for first time in 11 years
2017-11-02
This year's Global Gender Gap Report found that the divide between men and women stood at 32 percent, up from 31.7 percent last year |
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Second woman enters Russian presidential race, campaigning for single mothers
2017-10-31
"There are many populist themes ... But there is one reality - we are a country of single mothers, and no one gives a damn about them" |
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Saudi Arabia to let women enter sports stadiums in 2018
2017-10-30
The stadiums in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh are being prepared to accommodate families in early 2018
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Women's progress index shows big gaps among and inside nations
2017-10-26
Iceland and Norway are the best countries for women, and Syria and Afghanistan the worst, according to an index to be released that measures a host of global gains and failures |
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Give world's poorest women control over sex, birth, to cut inequality - UN
2017-10-18
Countless women and girls worldwide are denied a say in decisions about sex and childbirth, leaving them at risk of unwanted pregnancies and abortions
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Gender equality best in Sweden, worst in Greece
2017-10-17
Sweden and Denmark top the EU in terms of gender equality in society, while Greece and Hungary rank at the bottom.
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Cairo named most dangerous megacity for women; London best - poll
2017-10-16
Cairo is the world's most dangerous megacity for women while London is the best, according to the first international experts' poll |
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Angelina Jolie pens powerful letter urging everyone to make the a world a better place
2017-10-16
Just when we thought Angelina Jolie couldn’t get any cooler she poses on the cover of Harper’s Bazarr with some cheetahs… in Nambia… talking about women’s rights |
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