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  Breakthrough as Kenya poised to elect first female governors

  By Daniel Wesangula “Society must stop thinking that women are mere flower girls” –...

  • Posted April 29, 2017
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  Irish citizens’ assembly recommends change to abortion laws

  DUBLIN, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ireland’s parliament is to consider changes to...

  • Posted April 24, 2017
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  What ambition gap? Women as ambitious as men unless companies block them – study

  By Bahaar Joya | Thomson Reuters Foundation “Ambition is not a fixed trait; it...

  • Posted April 5, 2017
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  Fighting for sex assault victims, Jamaican activist accused of crossing legal line

  By Rebekah Kebede | Thomson Reuters Foundation Women’s rights activist arrested after she is...

  • Posted March 22, 2017
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  The biggest challenge facing women? Work, say men and women globally

  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON, March 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world would be...

  • Posted March 14, 2017
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  Malaria drug for pregnant women also combats sexually transmitted infections – research

  By Kieran Guilbert | Thomson Reuters Foundation The antimalarial drug reduces the danger of...

  • Posted March 3, 2017
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  Gender roles in rural India changing with women taking control as men migrate to cities and amid a wave of suicides by male farmers

  By Belinda Goldsmith MAYAPUR, India, Feb 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For Hira Kanjarya,...

  • Posted February 13, 2017
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  First ladies vow to fight “barbaric” genital mutilation in W. Africa

  By Emma Batha ROME, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The first ladies of...

  • Posted January 30, 2017
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  On Election Night and Beyond, One Woman’s Perspective

  By Beth Humphreys November 9, 2016, I felt as if I was in a...

  • Posted January 15, 2017
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  Nigeria faces mounting pressure to rescue girls abducted by Boko Haram 1,000 days ago

  By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and Kieran Guilbert | Thomson Reuters Foundation CHIBOK, Nigeria/DAKAR, Jan...

  • Posted January 11, 2017
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