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News Articles: women

Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers.

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  • Business

Tupperware once changed women's lives. Now it struggles to survive

The brand turned homemakers into saleswomen and became synonymous with kitchen storage. But it has relied on Tupperware parties for sales--and struggled to keep its business fresh. Is its fate sealed?

June 01, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Thangamma, about 80 years old, dives in to gather seaweed.

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  • Global Health

'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers

In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession.

May 07, 2023
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By:
  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Research over the decades has consistently shown that women face a weight bias in the workplace that's proving hard to reverse.

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  • Economy

The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.

April 30, 2023
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By:
  • Pallavi Gogoi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees workers prepare to distribute non-food items to women at UNHCR office in Kandahar on March 8, 2022. The Taliban has demanded that Afghan women no longer work for the UN or NGOs.

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  • Global Health

The Taliban again bans Afghan women aid workers. Here's how the U.N. responded

The Taliban has banned Afghan women working for the U.N. or other aid agencies. The repercussions could be devastating for programs in which women play a vital role.

April 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar

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  • Economy

Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?

A new study finds that women are excelling in the book business. Yet, they still lag in other creative industries. We search for an explanation why.

April 04, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Pat Schroeder speaks to a reporter during an interview at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 30, 1999. Schroeder, a former Colorado representative and pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, died March 13, 2023, at the age of 82.

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  • Politics

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women's rights, dies at 82

Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.

March 14, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
On Sept. 10, 2013, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter participates in an online video discussion at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

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  • News

Jimmy Carter’s work for women’s rights is a lasting centerpiece of his legacy

The former president’s desire to further human rights began in early life and continued through his time in the White House and beyond. But he hit his stride as a 21st-century advocate for women.

March 08, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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  • Sports

U.S. women's soccer tries to overcome its past lack of diversity

While the U.S. women's national soccer team has steadily become more representative, players say there's still work to be done. That means ensuring young women of color feel included in the sport.

January 12, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Asia

Why women in India are dropping out of the workforce, even as the economy grows

As India's economy grows, women are dropping out of its workforce. That's stumped economists. Some say it's a sign of prosperity. In conservative India, if women can afford not to work, they don't.

January 05, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from a midwife. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies.

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  • Photography

Editors' picks: Our best global photos of 2022 range from heart-rending to hopeful

The eye of the camera told the stories of kangaroo care for human babies, Angola's intrepid female de-miners, Ukrainian refugees who find a warm — and familiar — welcome in Brazil and more.

December 30, 2022
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  • Marc Silver
A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. The country's Taliban rulers earlier this week ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice.

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  • Asia

Aid agencies are stopping work in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred women staff

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.

December 25, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Boxer Legnis Cala, center, talks with fellow female boxers during a training session in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first time ever.

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  • Sports

Boxing powerhouse Cuba lets women boxers compete

Cuban officials say women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn't yet confirm if that would be taken to a professional level like Cuban male boxers.

December 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of Poland's ruling party Law and Justice, speaks at a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Oct. 26, 2021.

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  • Europe

A Polish leader's comments about women and alcohol use draw an instant backlash

The comments by governing party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski that tied women's alcohol consumption to low birthrates quickly drew criticism from opposition politicians, activists and celebrities.

November 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
New Labour MP Soraya Peke-Mason gestures during her maiden speech at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022.

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  • Asia

New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for first time

The milestone places New Zealand among a half-dozen nations in the world that this year can claim at least 50% female representation in their parliaments, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

October 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Writer Gabrielle Blair argues that irresponsible ejaculation by male partners is an often-overlooked cause of unintended pregnancies.

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  • Author Interviews

Book by mom of six puts onus on men to stop unwanted pregnancies

In her new book, writer — and mother of six — Gabrielle Blair makes the case that the abortion debate should focus much more on men's roles in unintended pregnancy.

October 20, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
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