Hotline launches to help Polish women travel abroad for abortion
2019-12-12
The Abortion Without Borders service will refer women to medical abortion providers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain
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Saudi Arabia ends gender segregation in restaurants
2019-12-09
Saudi Arabia will no longer require restaurants to have separate entrances segregated by sex, the government says |
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Sudan scraps law curtailing women’s rights
2019-11-29
Thousands of women flogged, fined during Bsahir’s ironfisted rule under archaic public order law for ‘indecent and immoral acts’. |
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With incoming Argentine president, abortion rights could expand
2019-11-19
President-elect Alberto Fernandez has announced plans to propose a law decriminalising abortion once he takes office on Dec. 10, saying reproductive rights are a public health issue |
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Khalaf picked as first woman to edit Financial Times, Barber bows out
2019-11-12
Roula Khalaf will become the first woman to edit the Financial Times in its 131-year history after Lionel Barber said he would step down in January |
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Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work
2019-11-11
Japanese women on social media are demanding the right to wear glasses to work, after reports that employers were imposing bans |
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Iranian police arrest more women for the 'crime' of dancing
2019-11-04
Sahra Afsharian, Sara Shariatmadari and Niloufar Motiei are known for shuffle dancing, which is a club dance characterized by repeatedly shuffling your feet inwards, then outwards |
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Japan's Sadako Ogata, first female U.N. refugee chief, dies at 92
2019-10-29
Sadako Ogata, who was the first and only woman to serve as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has died, aged 92 |
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Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life
2019-10-23
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations
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