Women & Girls

December 19, 2018

In the nuclear arms race against the US, the former Soviet Union performed more than 450 nuclear tests in an area known as the Semipalatinsk Test Site — also known as the Polygon — from 1949 to 1989. Winds blew the nuclear fallout and radioactive dust into neighboring villages, affecting anywhere between 500,000 to 1 million people.

Women & Girls

Abortion is legal in Italy, but most doctors refuse to perform them

PRI's The World

December 18, 2018

It's estimated that between 70 and 90 percent of doctors in Italy are "conscientious objectors" and refuse to perform abortions, even though it's been legal for 40 years.

Health & Medicine

As access to abortion gets harder in the US, women turn to an online service in the Netherlands

PRI's The World

December 17, 2018

Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the US. But legal and accessible — that's not always the same thing. Some states are passing legislation aimed at restricting abortion. The latest is in Ohio, where two bills to limit abortion just landed on the governor's desk. And that has some women in need turning to an unconventional place: the internet.

Women & Girls

Sex workers say Tumblr's explicit image ban makes their jobs more dangerous

Thomson Reuters Foundation

December 17, 2018

The microblogging site had an online hub for sex workers to advertise services and make contact with clients before meeting them in person.

Syrian refugee 'hero swimmer' Sara Mardini is out of prison. She plans to keep helping refugees.

PRI's The World

December 14, 2018

Sara Mardini and her colleagues now await a decision by the judicial council about whether or not there will be a trial, and what the charges will be.

Women & Girls

Salvadoran women bond serving long sentences for the 'crime' of miscarriage

PRI's The World

December 14, 2018

El Salvador is one of just a handful of countries where abortion is banned in all circumstances. The ban is so draconian that even miscarriage is considered suspicious.

In 2019, women’s rights are still not explicitly recognized in US Constitution

The Conversation

December 13, 2018

Over nine decades, efforts to amend the US Constitution to recognize women’s rights have faced major challenges. Congress finally passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. The amendment would recognize women’s equal rights to men under the law. But it still hasn't been ratified in all 50 states.

You’re young and broke. Here’s how to still win a congressional seat.

The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2018

Little-used provisions in federal election law can help.

Conflict & Justice

Some Afghans seek peace with the Taliban, but fear the return of 'male-dominant society'

PRI's The World

December 07, 2018

After nearly two decades of war, prospects for peace talks have been gaining momentum in Afghanistan. This has created a sense of optimism and anxiety among some Afghans.

Women & Girls

#MeToo is changing Bollywood. But India's rural women are still waiting.

Reuters

December 05, 2018

The #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment gained traction in India after Bollywood's Tanushree Dutta, in September, accused a veteran actor of sexually harassing her on a movie set a decade ago.

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