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Women news

Abortion rights in Europe - rollbacks and progress
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Why Black women bear brunt of strict U.S. abortion laws
Women sacrifice their health to shield families from spiking costs
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Abortion curbs around the world
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
Latin American domestic workers build apps to fight for rights
Rising inflation traps Bangladesh climate migrants
Mahsa Amini death: facial recognition to hunt hijab rebels in Iran
Nigerian ride-hailing app aims to put women at ease
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Roe v Wade: Which US states are banning abortion?
'As capable as a son': Indians say no to the abortion of girls
Period pad prices push girls out of school in Africa
Kenya's lesbian footballers fight for the right to play
Florida prosecutor suspended for refusing to enforce abortion law
U.S. abortion groups see support spike after Roe v Wade overturned
analysis
Ankle monitors raise risks for U.S. abortion-seekers
Ahead of Kenya elections, women politicians face more online abuse
Polish activists help Ukrainian refugees, women access abortions
analysis
After Roe v. Wade, healthcare data privacy fears grow worldwide
Ecuador's indigenous women create center for victims of violence
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How the conservative Supreme Court is reshaping US law
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Four ways the U.S. abortion ruling could impact other countries
Legal clashes await US companies covering workers' abortion costs
Roe v Wade ruling disproportionately hurts Black women
U.S. abortion curbs force women to travel to Mexico
U.S. Supreme Court ruling: demand for abortion pills set to soar
The cost of strict abortion laws - from jail to death
Women-led startups help family farmers feed Latin America
How COVID-19 helped sex workers in Belgium make history
U.S. abortion rights threat fuels jump in crypto donations
Bollywood sex worker biopic resonates in India's brothels
Crisis after COVID for Sri Lankan women who dress the West
Pakistan bus network gives women a ticket to work and study
U.S. abortion war spotlights women's risk from online tracking
Samuel Alito has been staunch conservative on U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. abortion rights: Supreme Court 'set to overturn' Roe v. Wade
Pakistan women fight gender norms to build online health business
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
Nigeria's women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar
Turkish women fight in court for free HPV vaccine against cancer
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Can global brands' green push improve Bangladesh labour rights?
In Zimbabwe, a women-only gem mine gives abuse survivors new hope
Soccer-Southgate questions benefit of Qatar World Cup boycott
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How will Taliban rule impact girls' education in Afghanistan?
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Nazanin's spirit never broke, says boss of freed British-Iranian
Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear
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Jamaica's first female defence chief battles danger and sexism
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About our Women coverage

We focus on stories that help to empower women and bring lasting change to gender inequality.

Opinion

Osprey Orielle Lake Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International

Women land defenders need new rights to be implemented

The Escazú Agreement sets out to curb escalating violence and give indigenous activists a voice in decision-making - if respected, it will also boost environmental protection
Ann Keeling Women in Global Health

Women cannot prop up healthcare systems without proper pay

Woman health workers are the backbone of medical care across much of the world, so why are they treated so poorly?
Corynne McSherry Electronic Frontier Foundation

Roe v Wade: The need for meaningful data privacy protections

Everyone deserves to have control over the information they leave on their phones and computers. It’s time our laws and practices changed to give all users meaningful and lasting data privacy
Jordyn Paul-Slater and Anna ... Fight for the Future

Roe V. Wade: Time for firms to end abusive data practices

To truly protect ourselves and our communities from abortion surveillance, we have to make surveillance less profitable - and that’s the responsibility of companies and lawmakers, not individuals.

In Depth

U.S. abortion curbs force women to travel to Mexico
analysis
Two years on, forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon
Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps

Videos & Pictures

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Beyond Boko Haram
Danish 'sex ambulance' seeks to protect sex workers
Colombia's City of Women rebuilds homes and hopes
You are enough - painting extraordinary women
Rowing against the flow
Afghan government adviser turned refugee pushes women's rights

Editor's Picks

No room to cut: Rising inflation traps Bangladesh climate migrants
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In Zimbabwe, a women-only gem mine gives abuse survivors new hope
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