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Cover of In the Country of Others and author Leila Slimani.

Walking Through "The Country Of Others"

1:07pm September 15, 2021

by Leah Donnella

In her new novel, In the Country of Others, Leila Slimani explores what it means to be an outsider. Her characters fight to establish their own identities while their country, Morocco, does the same.

Internally displaced Afghan women, who fled because of battling between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, gather at Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on Aug. 13.

World News

She Is Staying In Afghanistan To Ensure Women's Gains Aren't Lost Under Taliban Rule

3:31pm August 17, 2021

by Emily Alfin Johnson

Mahbooba Seraj, founder of the Afghan Women's Network, has a message for Americans watching what's happening in Afghanistan.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya competes in the women's 5000m final in Pretoria, South Africa on April 15, 2021. Her attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in an event exempt from the new testosterone rules fell short.

National

Olympic Runner Caster Semenya Wants To Compete, Not Defend Her Womanhood

4:29pm July 28, 2021

by Melissa Block

Rules on testosterone levels for women athletes have kept star runner Caster Semenya out of the Tokyo Olympics. At the heart of this heated debate: who should be considered a woman in sport?

Pooja Sharma, center, and her two daughters, Lata, 14, and Yukti, 12. They sit in front of a portrait of Sharma's late husband and the girls' father, Manmohan. He died from COVID in April, leaving Sharma to fend for her family herself.

'He Left Me All Alone In The World': India's COVID Widows Struggle To Survive

6:48am July 18, 2021

by Agnee Ghosh

These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?

Katherine Gaines stands in front of her childhood home in Washington, D.C. She moved back in two years ago to help care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease.

Economy

Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon

12:21pm June 03, 2021

by Andrea Hsu

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.

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Doctors are seeing a rise in alcoholic liver disease in the last year, especially among people under 40 and especially women.

Health & Safety

Sharp, 'Off The Charts' Rise In Alcoholic Liver Disease Among Young Women

8:58pm March 16, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

Some doctors are seeing a disturbing spike in lethal alcoholic liver disease, especially among young women. The recent trend has been supercharged, they say, by the pandemic's isolation and pressures.

Masuma Ahuja, author of Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices, set out to document girls' ordinary lives.

In 'Girlhood,' Teens Across The Globe Write About Their Everyday Lives

7:00am February 28, 2021

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

'Girlhood,' a collection of diary-style entries by teen girls, aims to bust stereotypes about cultures while revealing girls' everyday lives.

Ana Teresa Castillo, who runs a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border town of Villa del Rosario, says she is tending to many more rape victims now than before the pandemic began. She blames the closing of official border posts and gangs

World News

Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia

7:36pm January 29, 2021

by John Otis

Human rights activists have reported a sharp increase in sexual assaults and human trafficking involving Venezuelan women and girls trying to reach Colombia since the border closed amid the pandemic.

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The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

1:35pm January 02, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

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Belarusian women protest in Minsk, Belarus, in October, demanding the resignation of the country's authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

World News

The Women 'Fighting For Freedom' In Belarus

8:01am December 26, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

"We will continue to fight and speak and raise our voices," says Belarusian athlete Yelena Leuchanka. "The face of what is happening in Belarus is largely the face of women," says an ex-U.S. diplomat.