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The city where menstruating workers get two days off per month - no questions asked
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A casual conversation among county officials in Kenya has led to a groundbreaking policy, making Nairobi the first region in the nation to grant female employees menstrual leave.
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Kenya's capital experiments with giving workers menstrual leave
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- It started with a casual lunch conversation between a county governor and his cabinet ministers about a colleague's menstrual pain.
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Former MSNBC Host Joy Reid Faces Outrage After Claiming America Is Only "Marginally Better" Than Iran on Women's Rights
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Joy Reid just dropped a comparison that has the internet in full meltdown mode.
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'Burning Voice' Goes Inside Tamara Amer's Fight for Iraqi Women's Rights: "I Won't Shut Up
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Tamara Amer is fighting "a fierce battle against negative social control, a culture of silence, and the oppression of women in Iraq, where she grew up.
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Women's Day marches in Brazil decry gender-based violence, fueled by alleged gang rape in Copacabana
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Sunday's marches in Brazil for International Women's Day served as a rallying cry against gender-based violence, fueled by the latest case to outrage the country involving the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Copacabana.
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Emma Thompson among stars backing funding appeal to tackle gender-based violence
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Dame Emma Thompson, pop singer Chappell Roan and author Sir Stephen Fry are among the stars joining singer Annie Lennox in a call for greater support for women's rights organisations.
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Global celebrity coalition calls for action as one in three women face gender-based violence
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A powerful coalition of stars, including Dame Emma Thompson, pop sensation Chappell Roan, and author Sir Stephen Fry, have united with singer Annie Lennox to demand increased support for women's rights organisations globally.
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Taliban gives green light to domestic violence, bans dissent, and makes sodomy punishable by death
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to beat their wives so long as they don't break bones or leave visible, lasting wounds.
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Rep. Nancy Mace to force a vote on releasing Congress members' sexual misconduct reports
WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Nancy Mace plans to force a House vote next week on her resolution to release sexual misconduct and harassment reports involving members of Congress, she told NBC News on Wednesday.
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U.N. Grants Iran Vice-Chairmanship on Body for Democracy and Women's Rights
The latest uproar at the embattled United Nations exploded on Thursday, as Iran -- a country that brutally oppresses women and just murdered thousands of its own citizens to thwart a popular uprising -- was named vice-chair of the U.
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A young lawyer is taking Pakistan's government to court over 'period tax.' She hopes the case will break sexual health taboos | CNN
For years, Mahnoor Omer didn't talk about it.
Every time the topic arose, her school friends in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, flushed with embarrassment, Omer recalled.
