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Missing Perspectives reporter Roya Musawi speaks with young women in Kabul defying the education ban.
Against the backdrop of a colonial-era law outlawing same-sex relationships and extremist threats, many members of Bangladesh’s LGBTQIA+ community flee or remain hidden.Trigger warning: violence and sexual assault
Why everyone with a TV or Internet connection needs to be watching 'Asking For It.' (Note - TW: sexual violence).
Awareness of the Higui case rose quickly in Argentina, where social movements and LGBTQ* organizations started to protest and advocate for her release under slogans such as “I would defend myself too” and “self defence is not a crime.” CW: Violence and assault
"The stories we have produced this year would never get attention in Somalia before, including elderly people living with HIV, drug addiction among young women, female farmers studying agriculture degrees and many more."
Reporting of this story was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.

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