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January 3, 2023

Judgment vs reality? The state of reproductive rights in India

Sarita Santoshini

January 3, 2023

A black woman's reality

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Avery Oliver

December 21, 2022

Empowering girls through martial arts in Zambia’s toughest slum

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Nyasha Bhobo

December 20, 2022

From Outrage to Opportunity: The Missing Perspectives of Women in News

Phoebe Saintilan

December 15, 2022

The morning after: The struggle to find emergency contraceptive pills in India

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Mahima Jain

December 15, 2022

Unseen and unheard: Silent demons haunt survivors of nodding syndrome in northern Uganda

This story was produced with support from the International Women's Media Fund Gender Justice Reporting Initiative. TW: Sexual violence.

Watsemba Miriam

December 15, 2022

My childhood ended. It remained there, in Kremenchuk.

Missing Perspectives

December 15, 2022

Bend it like Hadiya: The young woman taking on freestyle football

Najiya Ovungal

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"My heart was thumping, praying I didn’t hear any loud bangs": Pixie Shmigel on fleeing Ukraine

Pixie Shmigel

November 10, 2022

Changing South Kivu one dance at a time: The young Congolese woman defying stereotypes

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Douce Namwezi

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