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Women sacrifice their health to shield families from spiking costs
By Nita Bhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom What’s the context? Women are skipping meals, medical appointments and treatments in order to make ends meet as living costs rise worldwide. ~ Rising inflation is widening gender gaps,...
- Posted October 5, 2022
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‘As capable as a son’: Indians say no to the abortion of girls
By Annie Banerji | @anniebanerji | Thomson Reuters Foundation More girls are born as women achieve success in business and sport, and police raid clinics that carry out sex-selective abortions ~ Millions of female foetuses aborted in...
- Posted September 12, 2022
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‘Crying with happiness’: Afghan campaigner finds freedom in Canada
By Bahaar Joya | Thomson Reuters Foundation Mujgan Kaveh, who was a women’s rights advocate at home, has retrained as a nurse and is building a new life for her family. LONDON, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)...
- Posted August 29, 2022
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling: demand for abortion pills set to soar
By Emma Batha | @emmabatha | Thomson Reuters Foundation As the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, more American women will try to secure supplies of abortion pills – in some cases as a precaution for future...
- Posted June 27, 2022
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Direct cash scheme in U.S. South aims to lift Black women out of poverty
By David Sherfinski | @dsherfinski | Thomson Reuters Foundation As interest in guaranteed income programs grows, a major scheme in the U.S. state of Georgia aims to support Black women facing gendered and racial barriers to wealth...
- Posted June 14, 2022
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INTERVIEW: Jamaica’s first female defence chief battles danger and sexism
By Kate Chappell | Thomson Reuters Foundation Breaking barriers, Jamaica currently has the world’s only serving female chief of defence staff KINGSTON, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the first woman to run Jamaica’s military, Rear...
- Posted March 27, 2022
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Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear
By Maya Gebeily | @GebeilyM | Thomson Reuters Foundation Businesswomen from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon are launching their own activewear brands, facing down gender taboos and economic challenges during the pandemic ~ In conservative MENA region, women...
- Posted March 15, 2022
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Trans and non-binary people trapped in war-torn Ukraine
By Enrique Anarte | @enriqueanarte | Thomson Reuters Foundation The rule forcing men aged 18 to 60 to stay and fight has left many trans women and non-binary people stranded in the country. BERLIN, March 4 (Thomson...
- Posted March 7, 2022
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‘I am not weak’: Qatari women unsuccessful in first legislative elections
By Reuters Women hoping to get a foothold in Qatar’s political system and increase rights were turned down by voters By Lisa Barrington and Andrew Mills DOHA, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Voters chose none of the 26...
- Posted October 6, 2021
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‘Lifeline’ tech helps poor rural women get through India’s COVID-19 crisis
By Roli Srivastava and Anuradha Nagaraj | Thomson Reuters Foundation Grassroots groups help poorer women without internet access get the support they need as country’s devastating health crisis exposes digital divide * Health crisis exposes India’s digital...
- Posted June 22, 2021