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News Articles: women

Bicycles have become the only commuting option for many Afghans, who are often unable to afford a ride in a bus or a shared cab as the economy has unraveled under Taliban rule. But the conservative Taliban culture means that women are missing from the ranks of these new riders.

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  • Asia

Bikes are everywhere in Kabul since the Taliban takeover. But who's not cycling? Women

As the economy unravels, "everyone is getting a bike," says one young resident. It's the cheapest way to get around. But the Taliban's conservative culture means women cyclists are not welcome.

September 29, 2022
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • FAZELMINALLAH QAZIZAI
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, greets supporters during a rally on May 2, 2022 in Lorain, Ohio.

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  • Elections

How abortion may be reshaping the close Ohio Senate race

The race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio has put abortion rights and women voters in the national spotlight.

September 20, 2022
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
The Amazons

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  • Arts & Life

Discovering the forgotten women of silent cinema

An exhibition of theater lobby cards at New York's Poster House celebrates women's contributions to silent movies both in front and behind the camera.

August 29, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
From top left, clockwise: Entrepreneurs Rebekah Bastian, Lizelle van Vuuren, Amy Nelson, Jaclyn Fu and Katica Roy.

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  • Business

$350 million for WeWork co-founder shows how broken and biased venture capital is

A reported $350 million investment into a new, yet-to-be-launched real estate venture founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann reveals just how biased the venture capital industry is, experts say.

August 26, 2022
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By:
  • Fernando Alfonso III
Nafis Sadik is shown May 5, 1997, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Global Health

Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Sadik became the architect of groundbreaking U.N. action that recognized for the first time that women have the right to control their reproductive and sexual health.

August 16, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A patient talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in Madagascar run by MSI Reproductive Choices, an organization that provides contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries. The group condemned the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade</em> and warned that the ruling could stymie abortion access overseas.

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  • Global Health

Global reproductive and women's rights groups react to overturn of Roe v. Wade

Some nonprofit groups have welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court decision. But many global reproductive and women's rights groups condemned the ruling.

June 24, 2022
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  • Malaka Gharib
Runners compete in the women's NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Terre Haute, Ind.

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  • Sports

The NCAA says that funding for women in college sports is falling behind

A newly released report shows men's college athletic programs received more than double that of women's programs in allocated resources in 2020.

June 24, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Allyson Felix reacts after winning a gold medal in the Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final at the Tokyo Olympic Games in August 2021.

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  • Sports

Allyson Felix launches a child care initiative for athlete moms

Allyson Felix is the most decorated US track and field athlete in history. As she wraps up her last season, she focuses on supporting other athletes moms.

June 21, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
Star Feminine Band in Paris.

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  • Music

Like The Linda Lindas, this teen girl band in Benin makes you dance — and think

The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And they rock.

May 28, 2022
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  • Nick Roll
Star Feminine Band in Paris.

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  • Music

Like The Linda Lindas, this teen girl band in Benin makes you dance — and think

The 7-member band hails from a conservative part of the country. They sing about female genital cutting, child marriage and gender equality. And they rock.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Nick Roll
Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective, an underground abortion service, provided thousands of women with abortions before <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. Here, she speaks in 2015 during the memorial service for civil rights leader Julian Bond.

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  • Health

The abortion underground and what lessons can be learned from the Jane Collective

Activist Heather Booth and the Jane Collective provided thousands of women with abortions before Roe v. Wade.

May 04, 2022
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  • Fernando Alfonso III
Abortion access protest in Atlanta

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  • Health Care

Georgia election-year politics jolted by Supreme Court draft abortion opinion

A leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated ruling on abortion rights suggests the nation’s highest court could soon overturn Roe v. Wade and unleash states like Georgia to severely restrict access to the procedure. The unofficial ruling, which was obtained by Politico, became public a couple months before a decision was expected, immediately jolting Georgia politics as early voting starts for this year’s primary election.

May 04, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin and
  • Ross Williams
The abortion drug mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The FDA recently relaxed some of the rules for dispensing the drug. Now, some legislatures are trying to restrict access.

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  • Politics

As medication abortion becomes dominant, red states restrict pills

As access to abortion in clinics becomes limited across much of the country, many patients are turning to abortion pills. And conservative state lawmakers are taking notice.

March 29, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the first woman to lead the the World Health Organization's regional Africa office, sits in her office in Brazzaville, Congo on Feb. 8, 2022.

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  • Africa

WHO Africa's 1st woman leader helps continent fight COVID

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti has become one of the world's most compelling voices urging better consideration of Africa's people — especially women.

March 09, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People try to get on a bus as they leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Russia attacks Ukraine; Women and the ballot in 2022; 'Red meat' issues in session

Thursday on Political Rewind: How will a deeply divided electorate respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Also, our panel discussed the role women on both sides of the aisle are playing in this year’s election — as candidates, organizers and voters.

February 24, 2022
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