Women & Girls

Despite death threats, this trans woman is fighting for LGBTQ rights in Armenia

May 24, 2019

Lilit Martirosyan made LGBTQ history last month in Armenia when she became the first transgender woman to speak to parliament. She’s received numerous death threats since then.

LGBTQ

In Kenya, LGBTQ activists mobilize in support of historic court decision to decriminalize gay sex

GlobalPost

May 23, 2019

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On Friday, May 24, Kenya's High Court ruled to dismiss a petition to scrap sections 162 and 165 of the country's penal code that criminalizes gay sex. But the movement to fight for LGBTQ rights continues.

Conflict & Justice

Yazidi women still fear ISIS months after their defeat

GlobalPost

May 21, 2019

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05/23/2019 - 6:15pm

As the US withdraws troops from Syria, displaced Yazidi women fear increased insecurity in the region could postpone rehabilitation and a return to their homeland in Iraq.

'Hi, I want a job in Antarctica': Meet the first female researchers to blaze the path

PRI's The World

May 20, 2019

In the spring of 1969, 19-year-old Terry Tickhill Terrell walked into the Institute of Polar Studies at OSU and told the secretary, “Hi, I want a job in Antarctica.”

Music

This American singer teaches Italian kids to sing like Beyoncé

PRI's The World

May 17, 2019

Can you teach Italian children to sing like American R&B divas? Cheryl Porter can.

Lifestyle & Belief

When does life begin? It might depend on your faith.

PRI's The World

May 17, 2019

Many abortion opponents find conviction in their religious faith. But what do different faiths say about when life really begins?

Women & Girls

The Chinese feminists fighting patriarchy in China from abroad

GlobalPost

May 16, 2019

While China’s government has cracked down on women’s rights activists through censorship, an informal network of Chinese citizens living abroad are working to support their efforts to combat sexual harassment and inequality back home. They want to bring the stories of activists and other women in China to international audiences.

Immigration Rewind

60 years before BTS, the Kim Sisters were America's original K-pop stars

PRI's The World

May 09, 2019

Sixty years before today's “K-pop invasion,” the Kim Sisters, a Korean girl group, landed on US shores and rocketed to stardom — singing American hits before they even learned English.

Sexual violence

Advocates strive to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada

PRI's The World

May 08, 2019

It's been called an epidemic that has gone on for generations. Indigenous women, disappearing in both the US and Canada. Until the last few years, the public has paid little attention to their stories. But the families of these missing and murdered women are demanding to be heard — and counted.

Global Politics

Thousands of Bengali women must prove their Indian citizenship or face statelessness. Most can’t.

GlobalPost

May 08, 2019

The state of Assam declared Fatima Begum a "foreigner," but she was born there and has numerous official certificates and identification documents to prove it.

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