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All posts tagged "world"
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Activist in China #MeToo movement detained -rights group
By Reuters The nascent movement has come under pressure from authorities BEIJING, Oct 24 – A prominent figure in China’s #MeToo movement has been detained by police, a rights activist with direct knowledge of the situation said on...
- Posted October 24, 2019
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Baby found buried alive highlights India’s battle to protect girls
By Annie Banerji | Thomson Reuters Foundation The baby has been rushed to a nearby hospital, where she is recovering, and police are looking for the parents NEW DELHI, Oct 14 – A baby girl found buried alive...
- Posted October 14, 2019
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Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights
By Ellen Wulfhorst | Thomson Reuters Foundation Money will fund partners who pursue innovative approaches to expanding women’s power and influence NEW YORK, Oct 2 – Philanthropist Melinda Gates plans to put $1 billion toward expanding women’s power...
- Posted October 3, 2019
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INTERVIEW-Ethiopian photographer spotlights impact of water scarcity on women
By Nita Bhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation In Ethiopia, almost four in 10 people do not have access to clean water and a child dies every hour of diseases caused by the shortages NAIROBI, Sept 24 – A...
- Posted September 24, 2019
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Indonesia inches closer to outlawing child marriage
By Beh Lih Yi | Thomson Reuters Foundation About one in every seven girls in Indonesia is married before the age of 18 and the country is among the 10 countries with the highest numbers of child brides...
- Posted September 15, 2019
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Women hold one in five top science and tech jobs
By Georgina Evans and Kate Ryan | Thomson Reuters Foundation While women made up more than 50% of higher education students in science, technology, engineering and math, their numbers fell dramatically with seniority LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 5 –...
- Posted September 8, 2019
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U.N. agency urges U.S. to reinstate funds to protect women
By Beh Lih Yi | Thomson Reuters Foundation The U.N. Population Fund works on family planning and maternal and child health, but might face a $350 million shortfall in part due to the U.S. funding cut KUALA LUMPUR,...
- Posted August 29, 2019
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Levis and Wrangler vow to protect women making jeans from sexual abuse
By Nita Bhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation Garment manufacture has grown to become the largest formal sector employer in the landlocked southern African country over the last there decades, providing jobs to around 40,000 people NAIROBI, Aug 15 –...
- Posted August 17, 2019
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Lawyers say Epstein victims to sue financier’s estate this week
By Reuters Jeffrey Epstein, who once counted Donald Trump and Bill Clinton as friends, was accused of sex trafficking underage girls NEW YORK, Aug 10 – Lawyers for several women who say they were sexually abused by...
- Posted August 11, 2019
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In anti-abortion El Salvador, woman faces second homicide trial after baby stillborn
Thomson Reuters The case that has thrown a spotlight on the predominantly Roman Catholic country’s prosecution of women for aggravated homicide when their babies are stillborn or die during home deliveries By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR, Aug...
- Posted August 4, 2019