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21 Rohingya women recount rape by Myanmar armed forces
World

21 Rohingya women recount rape by Myanmar armed forces

The use of rape by Myanmar’s armed forces has been sweeping and methodical, The Associated Press found in interviews with…
Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls
Life & Style

Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls

Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the kingdom’s education ministry announced…
Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition
Middle East

Afghan students denied US visa to attend robot competition

Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the US this…
US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls
World

US doctor charged with genital mutilation on girls

A US doctor in Detroit has been arrested and charged with carrying out female genital mutilation on girls aged six…
Justice Ministry’s foreign marriage amendments cause outcry
Egypt

Justice Ministry’s foreign marriage amendments cause outcry

Amendments by the Justice Ministry to notarization rules for marriages between foreign men and Egyptian women have triggered an outcry…
Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior
Life & Style

Revealed: Life of girl, 9, forced to marry man 69 years her senior

Singing and dancing as she performs in a school assembly, Younis looks for all the world like a typical Kenyan…
Girls campaigns to ride scooters on the rise
Egypt

Girls campaigns to ride scooters on the rise

Women riding bikes used to be common place in Egypt.
President says believes kidnapped girls still in Nigeria
World

President says believes kidnapped girls still in Nigeria

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday he believed 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants last month in an attack…
Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy
Egypt

Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy

RAMPUR SINGHARA, India — The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually too much for Indian teenager…
Saudi considers letting girls play school sport, report says
World

Saudi considers letting girls play school sport, report says

Saudi Arabia is considering letting girls play sports at school, a senior education official was quoted as saying on Monday,…
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