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Sustainable Development

UNFPA conducts classes to raise awareness on gender equality

Fatime Ali Abakar from the single-sex Lycée de Bol School in Chad told the UN News, “We spoke about puberty and periods and looked...

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Health

An Entire Sudanese Village comes together to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non...

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Gender

Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

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Festivals

Documentary Raising Awareness To Violence Against Women At Greenwich International Film Festival

EMMY award-winning LA based filmmaker Sophia Kruz paints a gripping realistic picture of crimes against women with her inspirational feature-length documentary film entitle...

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Alternative Entertainment

Fierce Female Superheroes Take On Ethiopia's Biggest Problems In 'Tibeb Girls'

Africa's biggest social issues and taboos are no match for these girls. A revolutionary new cartoon series called Tibeb Girls features a group of three young superheroes, w...

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Hollywood

Jane Fonda To Be Honored At Equality Now Gala

Equality Now, the international human rights organization dedicated to women’s and girls’ rights, is pleased to announce that it will honor four powerhouses for...

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Gender

The Art Project Making Paper Vaginas To Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Paper vaginas are helping to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) by empowering women to be proud of their bodies.
The United Nations Population Fund est...

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Gender

It's Time To Break The Chains Of Dependency For Girls And Women

Throughout history, girls and women have often been invisible outside the home. Even now, in 2016, there are countries where women are prevented from getting a job, from ow...

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Gender

What Governments Need To Do To Ensure Justice For Girls Everywhere

Sexual violence against girls is a global phenomenon. For many, their childhood and teenage years are particularly difficult, with abuses such as ‘child marriage&lsqu...

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Gender

Can We End Female Genital Cutting In A Generation?

Five years ago, over 3 million girls were at risk of undergoing female genital cutting, a process that involves the partial or complete removal of a girl’s external g...

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