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The Disturbing Story Of An Honour Killing That Will Make You Realise It’s Time For Concrete Change

Twenty thousand honour killings take place around the world every year. 20,000. Take a moment to let that number sink in – because it seems almost unbelievable that we live in a world with so much hate and cruelty that th...

by Priyanka Mogul

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WATCH: Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives?

Today, more than 200 million women in developing countries who don’t want to get pregnant lack access to contraceptives. This is a life and death crisis. Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death ...

by Natasha Lipman

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Sexual Assault: Get The Picture?

More than 2,000 images of sexual assault survivors holding posters with quotes from their attackers have been posted on Project Unbreakable since its launch in October 2011. These powerful pictures do not only help survivors of...

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India: Here Comes the Son

As India’s population rapidly increases, the nation’s tendency to prefer that women give birth to a son is likely to have detrimental effects on women and development. ‘Look, I’m going to tell you someth...

by Flo Carson

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Disney Princesses Demand Equal Pay

When a serious issue like equal pay for women hits Disney, that’s when you know things have gotten bad. We’ve all read about it in the news when the issue is occasionally brought up, causing a media storm for a few ...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Does Sweden Show The Way For The Regulation Of Prostitution?

A little more than 15 years ago, Sweden passed a new revolutionary law to tackle its prostitution problem. The law, named ‘sexköpslagen‘ [Sex Purchase Act] in Swedish, was an exercise in thinking outside the box an...

by Daniel Cavanillas

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Development For Whom?

Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...

by Anna Lazzarin

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“Development’s Cinderella”

Every woman I know attests to the fact that they absolutely hate the time of the month when they receive their period. It does not matter whether you have access to sanitary pads and tampons, a hot water bottle and pain killers...

by Ruth Nyambura

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ISIS Sex Slave Market Staged In London

We’ve all read about the savage beheadings of journalists and aid workers by the Islamic State (IS), as well as the horror tales of them taking over towns and villages and destroying non-Sunni places of worship.

by Priyanka Mogul

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The Disturbing Story Of An Honour Killing That Will Make You Realise It’s Time For Concrete Change

WATCH: Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives?

Sexual Assault: Get The Picture?

India: Here Comes the Son

Disney Princesses Demand Equal Pay

Does Sweden Show The Way For The Regulation Of Prostitution?

Development For Whom?

“Development’s Cinderella”

ISIS Sex Slave Market Staged In London

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