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  Another rape adds to protesters’ fury over Indian justice on sex crimes

  By Suvashree Choudhury | Thomson Reuters Foundation “We are deeply concerned about the prevalence of gender-based violence, including sexual violence against women and girls, which we are witnessing in India” MUMBAI, April 15 – Days after a...

  • Posted April 15, 2018
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  UK threatens action against 1,500 firms over silence on gender pay gap

  By Kieran Guilbert | Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, April 5 – About 1,500 large British companies that failed to meet a government deadline to report the pay gap between male and female employees could face legal action, Britain’s...

  • Posted April 5, 2018
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  Nobel winner Malala visits hometown in Pakistan for first time since shooting

  By Kay Johnson | Thomson Reuters Foundation “Now people have become sensible. They educate their girls” (Updates with details from childhood home) MINGORA, Pakistan, March 31 (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited her birthplace...

  • Posted March 31, 2018
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  Death of Paraguay teen rape victim in childbirth fuels abortion debate

  By Anastasia Moloney | Thomson Reuters Foundation “This is about a girl who should not be in this situation” BOGOTA, March 23  – The death of a 14-year-old rape victim in Paraguay during childbirth has put the spotlight...

  • Posted March 24, 2018
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  France is “feminist country” battling to put thought into action, minister says

  By Ellen Wulfhorst | Thomson Reuters Foundation Fines have been proposed for sexual harassment on the streets, such as catcalling and obscene remarks. NEW YORK, March 14 – A cultural shift must accompany government policies aimed at ending gender...

  • Posted March 15, 2018
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  Male feminists inside Uganda’s police strike out at killing of women

  By Thomas Lewton | Thomson Reuters Foundation “We want to put ourselves in the shoes of women” KAMPALA, March 5 – Balancing a heavy clay pot on his head with a baby tied to his back, policeman Francis...

  • Posted March 5, 2018
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  In wake of #MeToo, anti-rape shorts aim to ease assault fears

  By Lin Taylor | Thomson Reuters Foundation “We can’t have 100 percent protection, but we need a product where we can feel a little bit more safe so no-one can rape us” LONDON, Feb 23 – It was noon...

  • Posted February 24, 2018
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  Long robes not necessary attire for Saudi women – senior cleric

  The Kingdom has seen an expansion in women’s rights recently DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Saudi women need not wear the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith – a senior member of the...

  • Posted February 12, 2018
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  To end violence against Colombian women, “look inside homes” – government

  By Anastasia Moloney | Thomson Reuters Foundation Some 200,000 people were killed and 20,000 cases of sexual violence against women were reported during the nation’s long civil war BOGOTA, Feb 1 – Colombia’s peace accord that ended...

  • Posted February 3, 2018
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  Liberia bans female genital mutilation – but only for a year

  By Emma Batha | Thomson Reuters Foundation The ban makes it an offence to perform FGM on anyone under 18 but it can still be carried out on adults with their consent LONDON, Jan 25 – Liberia has...

  • Posted January 25, 2018
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