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Women push for political power and equality in new Syria

A year after the Assad regime's fall in Syria, women only hold a few seats in the newly elected parliament. Activists decry this as male dominance over the country's political life and vow to fight for change.

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Vatican commission says 'no' to women as Catholic deacons

A high-level commission has voted against allowing Catholic women to serve as deacons, according to a report given to Pope Leo and released. For years, there have been discussions within the church about the possibility of women deacons ...

Reuters

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Woman's lost year exposes failings of Spain's breast cancer program

A routine breast cancer screening gave Anabel Cano the all-clear, only for her to discover a year later that her tumor had been missed. Her case has become emblematic of a wider scandal in Andalusia, where thousands of women were not pro...

Reuters

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Femicide: These EU countries consistently report the highest rates

Many European countries are cracking down on direct and indirect violence against women. Where are they more likely to fall victim to a close acquaintance?

Euronews

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Activists say unemployment driving femicide in Honduras

Honduras has the highest murder rate for women in Latin America and in a country swamped with impunity, their killers are rarely caught. Activists say male unemployment and lawlessness are driving the trend.

Al Jazeera

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Why are women still unsafe in South Africa?

South Africa declared gender-based violence a national disaster in the runup to this year's worldwide 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The president made the announcement as women around the country staged a shutd...

DW News

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"Don't send us back": Afghan women in India fear deportation

India has begun to reestablish diplomatic ties with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. DW's Shalu Yadav spoke with three Afghan women studying in India who are concerned about their safety in light of this development.

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International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Girls

Gender-based violence remains an urgent issue, especially in Africa, where women and girls are specifically at risk of experiencing rape or sexual assault as children.

Africanews

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Survivors grapple with mixed emotions over release of Epstein files

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the bill requiring his administration to release all files and communications related to the Epstein case.

Africanews

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South African women protest gender-based violence ahead of G20 summit

Women gathered across several South African cities to stage lie-down protests.

Africanews

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How women are changing Ukrainian army

Over 70,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nearly 20,000 of them in combat positions. Euronews met with three Ukrainian servicewomen who did not have to stay in the country amid war, yet chose to join the army “because there...

Euronews

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Survivors of Spain's Catholic rehabilitation centers seek recognition

Survivors of Catholic moral rehabilitation institutes in Spain, where thousands of women and girls endured harsh treatment during Francisco Franco's dictatorship and beyond, are seeking recognition and a national apology for their suffer...

Reuters

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Dad seeks justice after students shared nude deepfake of his daughter

A family in Louisiana is raising awareness about AI-generated deepfake pornography after fake explicit photos of their 13-year-old daughter were allegedly shared among students at her middle school.

CBS America

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Iranian women challenge driving restrictions on motorcycles

In Iran, a growing number of women are challenging traditional norms by riding motorcycles, a practice historically reserved for men under police regulations. While women have been allowed to hold driver’s licenses for years, riding mope...

France 24

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Afghan women facing deportation from Qatar continue studies in Canada

Dozens of women are facing deportation from Qatar after the closure of the USAID program ended their scholarships. Now some of those women have made it to Regina, Canada.

CBC News

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Women's Forum 2025 in French capital highlights violence in sport

Leaders and athletes are pushing for recognition, safety and empowerment at the 20th edition of the event in Paris.

Euronews

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A win for Kenyan schoolgirls with babies

Learning and childcare go hand in hand at a pioneering school in southern Kenya. Its core focus is the education of pregnant teens and young mothers.

DW News

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Latvia considers quitting Istanbul convention

Latvia will have to uphold protection rules for women even if it quits the Istanbul Convention in a divisive move seen as backtracking on fundamental rights.

Euronews

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Zimbabwe girls use ancient Nhanga to combat child marriage

Women and girls in rural Zimbabwe are reviving Nhanga, an ancient custom traditionally used to prepare girls to marriage, and transforming it into a forum to promote gender equality.

Africanews

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China's Xi Jinping urges greater role for women in governance

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater female representation in politics and government, emphasizing the need to "internalize" gender equality across all levels of society.

Africanews

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Taliban restrictions spark women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan

The UN warns that Taliban policies have created the world’s worst women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan. Women face severe limitations in work, business, and public life, with bans on exhibitions and fashion shows further restricting oppo...

Al Jazeera

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The state of abortion rights across the EU

Despite 15 countries having taken steps towards more comprehensively allowing abortion since 2021, only five EU countries have gone ahead with full decriminalisation.

Euronews

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UN Security Council reflects on 25 years of women, peace

The UN Security Council held its annual meeting on women, peace, and security, marking 25 years since the agenda’s adoption. Discussions highlighted both achievements and ongoing challenges in promoting gender equality and protecting wom...

Al Jazeera

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Gisele Pelicot returns to court for appeal trial in mass rape case

Gisele Pelicot returned to court on Monday (October 6) to face the only man, out of 51, who appealed his guilty verdict in a mass rape trial that shocked France and attracted worldwide attention last year.

Reuters

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Amazon keeps 'wife beater' undershirt label despite complaints

Despite a ruling by Ad Standards Canada that the term 'wife beater,' used to describe a type of men's undershirt, violates the country's advertising code, ads on Amazon's Canadian website still feature the term. Some women's rights advoc...

CBC News

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Pope Leo XIV weighs in on abortion debate

The US-born pontiff highlighted flaws within the conservative "pro-life" movement, which seeks to ban abortions across the US, asserting that being truly pro-life also includes having an anti-capital punishment stance.

Euronews

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Abortion access in Kenya continues to be hotly debated, amid deaths

In Kenya, abortion is only legal in certain circumstances, such as when a woman’s life or health is at risk. With limited access to legal abortion services, many women are forced to seek unsafe procedures outside the healthcare system.

Africanews

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Denmark apologizes for abuse of Greenlandic indigenous women

In the 1960s and '70s, Danish doctors fitted Greenlandic women with contraceptives in a campaign allegedly aimed at curbing population growth in the former colony. One Inuit woman told DW that the trauma of forced birth control as a teen...

DW News

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Dalit women in India fight caste discrimination with farming

In rural Tamil Nadu, an initiative of Dalit women are turning wasteland into not just crops, but a movement against social exclusion in India.

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Nigerian women push for more female representation

Hundreds of women have protested in the Nigerian capital to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. Thus far, Africa's most populous nation barely has any women lawmakers.

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