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A colorful, stylized illustration on a black background featuring a purple podium with a vintage microphone tied with a green scarf. Surrounding the podium are floating symbols, including interlocking male and female gender signs, a large light-blue cross, a medical caduceus, and an illustration of Donald Trump's face on a piece of paper. Latin America’s Anti-Women Movement Is Spreading
Chile's president José Antonio Kast is following the regressive examples set elsewhere in the region.
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A photo illustration depicting images representing the cost of maternal mortality, showing a collection of items: a photo of hands, a few U.S. dollars, a hospital glove, newspaper clippings, and a landscape photo. The various items are stitched in place with red thread. Can Sierra Leone Still Keep Its Mothers Alive?
What foreign aid cuts mean in practice in one African country.
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South Korean university students salute during an establishment ceremony of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) for female cadets at Sookmyung Women's University on December 10, 2010 in Seoul. Korea’s Demographic Crisis Has Come for Its Military
The country’s military is becoming desperate for troops—and may eventually force women to serve.
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Four women sit on a bench with a young girl sitting between them. All wear colorful patterned dresses. The health worker, second from left, holds an open booklet and gestures at it as she speaks. Ethiopia’s Fight Against Anti-Abortion Propaganda
How Ethiopians are resisting U.S.-backed disinformation on abortions.
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A worker sitting on a crowded factory floor is framed by stacks of jeans sitting in the foreground as she works at a sewing machine. The Crisis for the Women Who Make Your Clothes
Trump’s tariffs are having major ripple effects on the fashion industry’s female work force.
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A spray of water droplets fills an outdoor scene. Silhouetted with light from behind, a mom kneeling in sand is seen in profile as she lifts a baby into the air. Another child stands behind them and to the left, bending down to play in the sand. A boardwalk or pier plus umbrellas and flags of the U.S. and Puerto Rico are seen out of focus in the distance. Can America Fix Its Fertility Crisis?
The Trump administration, like other governments around the world, wants to encourage more births—but isn’t sure how.
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Protesters wave K-pop light sticks as they take part in a protest against the president outside the National Assembly on Dec. 8, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless
Korean women have helped topple governments but still have trouble gaining political office.
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An illustration shows a pixellated image of a young woman looking over her shoulder duplicated several times with a cursor hand pointer moving one of the images into place. OnlyFans Performers Can’t Get Justice
The law says stealing OnlyFans content is sexual abuse. Enforcement is another matter.
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A group of four women in colorful dresses and head scarves sits on the floor around a setting of tea vessels and food. The Long Road to Justice for Sexual War Crimes
Sexual violence in Sudan is common. Accountability isn’t.
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A group of foreign women rounded up by police from karaoke bars in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat are taken to city hall during a campaign against prostitution and human trafficking involving women and minors on November 9, 2018. AI Is Fighting Modern Slavery, for Better or Worse
New technology is transforming the fight against trafficking.
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A woman holding a candle wears a shirt that says "Stop killing us!" She is surrounded by a crowd in a dark protest scene. Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women
The country has demanded an end to misogynist violence—and the government has failed to deliver.
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A row of women dressed in matching blue and white garb stand on a street during a protest. Bangladesh’s Revolutionary Women Have Disappeared
The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside.
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Five women connect arms and shout during a protest wearing green bandanas. Mexico’s Grassroots Pro-Choice Insurgency
The country’s government is failing to guarantee abortion access, and self-organized collectives are filling the gap.
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Anti-abortion, and pro family activists hold placards during a prayer rally in Nairobi, on November 14, 2019. America’s Anti-Abortion Business Is Booming in Africa
U.S. groups opposed to reproductive rights are massively increasing their spending abroad.
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Donald Trump speaks at the 47th March For Life rally on the National Mall, on Jan. 24, 2019 in Washington. Trump’s Abortion Policy Could Go Global
In this year’s U.S. election, abortion is also a top foreign-policy issue.
