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How Climate Change and Gender Inequality Go Hand in Hand

Women - Climate Change
New research by the UN, WEDO and the University of London shows that climate change has a disproportionate effect on women, worsening global gender inequalities.

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Malaysia starts caning women for adultery

Violence - Religion
For the first time in the country, Malaysia has begun caning women for adultery under Islamic law.

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France to consider banning the Islamic niqab

Women - Rights
The French Prime Minister has called on France's highest court to help draft a ban on the full Islamic veil.

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AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease among young women

World Health - AIDS
The World Health Organization announced yesterday that AIDS is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

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In developing countries, breast cancer strikes women a decade earlier

Women - World Health
The face of breast cancer in developing countries is getting younger - and no one seems to know why.

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Somali Girl Raped and Stoned to Death

Children

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Who Answers to Women?

Women

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Gender Inequality Renders Aid Ineffective, says UNIFEM

Women

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Child Kidnappings in Haiti on the Rise

Children

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Possible abortion ban to be enforced in Lithuania

Women

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