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Afghan, female, refugee — and MMA fighter
Afghan, female, refugee — and MMA fighter

Afghan, female, refugee and MMA fighter

Arezo Ahmadi fled from Afghanistan to fulfill her dream of becoming a mixed martial arts fighter. She's a symbol of defiance and a future that so many young Afghan women are denied.…
3 weeks ago
More people are having twins. How can we make births safer?
More people are having twins. How can we make births safer?

More people are having twins. How can we make births safer?

When health services are limited, mothers and children often do not receive life-saving medical care and with higher-risk twin pregnancies rising, communities need solutions. Can new technologies give an answer?…
2 months ago
Women in Syria: Could the future be female?
Women in Syria: Could the future be female?

Women in Syria: Could the future be female?

A nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration, laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. This after his…
2 months ago
Challenging sexism in football: Tanzania's women referees
Challenging sexism in football: Tanzania's women referees

Challenging sexism in football: Tanzania’s women referees

Helen Nkwocha is one woman who managed to clear the hurdles required to break those conventions. The English coach became the first woman to coach a men's European top-division football team in…
2 months ago
Nigeria's female students targeted in kidnapping spree
Nigeria's female students targeted in kidnapping spree

Nigeria’s female students targeted in kidnapping spree

Cases of kidnapping for ransom are steadily increasing in Nigeria, with criminal gangs targeting primary schools and universities. Authorities say female students are the main targets by so-called "bandits," as they are…
8 months ago
Mexico elects leftist Sheinbaum as first female president
Mexico elects leftist Sheinbaum as first female president

Mexico elects leftist Sheinbaum as first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum has won a clear majority in Mexico's presidential election. She will succeed her popular leftist Morena party colleague Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Former Mexican Ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan,…
9 months ago
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