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News Articles: women

Mashael al-Shuwaihan, who sits on the board of Kuwait's Women's Cultural Society, speaks during an interview, at a protest outside Kuwait's National Assembly in Kuwait City on Feb. 7, 2022. Her placard reads: "Freedom and equality for women are constitutional pillars."

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  • Middle East

As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights

Conservative politicians are increasingly pushing back against a burgeoning feminist movement and what they see as an unraveling of the country's traditional values.

February 21, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Afghan wait to enter a bank, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.

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  • World

Afghans say they feel safer but less hopeful under Taliban rule

After six months of Taliban rule, many Afghans say they fear for their economic future of lack of personal freedoms.

February 15, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Logan Sankey jumps during the first round of the ski jumping competition at the U.S. Nordic Combined & Ski Jump Olympic Trials in December in Lake Placid, N.Y.

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  • Sports

The fight for equality in women's ski jumping is about more than ski suits

The sport's governing body has gotten rid of a rule that required hip-enhancing panels on women's ski suits. Ski jumpers still want to see better pay and more opportunities to compete.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Russell
Hollins University was founded in 1842 on the principle that "young women require the same thorough and rigid training as that afforded to young men."

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  • National

Who belongs at a women's college in 2021? Students want admissions policies to change

Women's colleges have adapted admissions policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary. Hollins University's exclusion of nonbinary applicants has raised hackles.

November 26, 2021
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By:
  • Melissa Block
Dr. Saleema Rehman stands outside Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The Afghan refugee of Turkmen origin has won UNHCR's Nansen Award for her work helping refugee moms and babies in Pakistan.

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  • Global Health

An Afghan refugee girl grew up to be a prize-winning doc — with a little help from dad

From the moment Saleema Rehman was born, her father believed she was destined to be a doctor. Now she is the winner of a top U.N. award for her work helping displaced women in Pakistan.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Cover of <em>In the Country of Others </em>and author Leila Slimani.

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  • Race

Walking Through "The Country Of Others"

In her new novel, In the Country of Others, Leila Slimani explores what it means to be an outsider. Her characters fight to establish their own identities while their country, Morocco, does the same.

September 15, 2021
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By:
  • Leah Donnella
Internally displaced Afghan women, who fled because of battling between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, gather at Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on Aug. 13.

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  • Asia

She Is Staying In Afghanistan To Ensure Women's Gains Aren't Lost Under Taliban Rule

Mahbooba Seraj, founder of the Afghan Women's Network, has a message for Americans watching what's happening in Afghanistan.

August 17, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Alfin Johnson,
  • Mohamad ElBardicy,
  • and 1 more
Black mother and child

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  • Race

Black Women With Children Excluded From Federal Cash Assistance Program, Report Finds

 A new research paper reviewed how each state implemented a federal program that has provided cash assistance to low income families over the last 25 years — and found that Black women with children repeatedly were excluded.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya competes in the women's 5000-meter final in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 15. Her attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in an event exempt from new testosterone rules fell short.

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  • National

Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood

Rules on testosterone levels for women athletes have kept star runner Caster Semenya out of the Tokyo Olympics. At the heart of this heated debate: Who should be considered a woman in sport?

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Melissa Block
Pooja Sharma (center) and her two daughters, Lata, 14, and Yukti, 12, sit in front of a portrait of Sharma's late husband and the girls' father, Manmohan. He died from COVID-19 in April, leaving Sharma to fend for her family by herself.

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  • Global Health

'He Left Me All Alone In The World': India's COVID Widows Struggle To Survive

These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Agnee Ghosh
An illustration of author Elinor Cleghorn and the cover of her book.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 'Unwell Women' — How Man-Made Medicine Sidelined Women Through History (And Today)

Friday on Political Rewind: Debates about access to health care have been a dominant theme in politics here in Georgia and across the country for decades. Author Elinor Cleghorn presents us with a new and deeply troubling look at health care and medical treatment. In her new book, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, she tells the harrowing story of how medicine has failed women throughout history.

July 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Katherine Gaines stands in front of her childhood home in Washington, D.C. She moved back in two years ago to help care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease.

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  • Business

Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Health

Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women

Some doctors are seeing a disturbing spike in lethal alcoholic liver disease, especially among young women. The recent trend has been supercharged, they say, by the pandemic's isolation and pressures.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
A mother walks her son in a school building.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Disproportionate Impact Of The Pandemic On Women — At Work And At Home

Friday on Political Rewind: The coronavirus pandemic has put into sharp focus the painful inequities in our society, and studies show the economic and professional progress women have made is in peril. The pay gap between men and women has widened, and working mothers struggle more than ever to balance family and home responsibilities with their jobs.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Masuma Ahuja, author of <em>Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices</em>, set out to document girls' ordinary lives.

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  • World

In 'Girlhood,' Teens Across The Globe Write About Their Everyday Lives

'Girlhood,' a collection of diary-style entries by teen girls, aims to bust stereotypes about cultures while revealing girls' everyday lives.

February 28, 2021
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
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