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Pakistani Taliban starts magazine for would-be female jihadists

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Google CEO slams memo on gender as employee reportedly fired

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Google in heated row over sex differences memo

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Serena Williams calls for equal pay for black women

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Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul

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Facebook's Sandberg calls for new policies to boost women's pay

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Review: the first half of my life

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review: the first half of my life

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Global hijabista style

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Women’s World Cup success moves cricket closer to Olympic return in 2024

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Audi China apologizes for controversial ad that likens women to used car

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Saudi woman in miniskirt video arrested after public outcry

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Chinese society needs to support women’s decision making, say experts

The recent decision by Guangzhou, in southern China, to introduce women-only carriages on the metro has triggered controversy about whether the move protects women’s rights or stigmatizes women as a vulnerable group.

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Chinese society needs to support women’s decision making, say experts

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Singer R Kelly denies holding women captive in 'cult'

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ISIS brides flee caliphate as noose tightens on terror group

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Saudi Arabia's public schools to offer physical education for girls

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