Women's rights and gender equality
This series highlighted issues affecting
women, girls and transgender people. It was editorially independent, supported by the
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'Normalised but not normal': Nigerian women call out gropers and catcallers
Sexual harassment has long been rife in Nigeria’s bustling markets. Now women are mobilising in protest
Police arrest 19 people over FGM gang attacks on women in Uganda
Critics say police should have acted earlier on reports of forceful mutilation of more than 400 women in a month by armed groups
'People will end up dying': Trump's cuts devastate clinics in Zambia
Teen pregnancies are soaring and HIV care has stalled in rural communities hit by ‘global gag’ funding cuts
One in three UN workers say they have been sexually harassed in past two years
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says ‘we still have a long way to go before we are able to openly discuss sexual harassment’
Destroy ‘period huts’ or forget state support: Nepal moves to end practice
After the custom of consigning menstruating women to outdoor sheds claimed three more lives, a new system of penalties offers hope of change
Mother and two boys suffocate in Nepal's latest 'period hut' tragedy
Practice of banishing women to small outbuildings during periods claims further victims despite country declaring practice illegal
Schoolgirls in Kenya to face compulsory tests for pregnancy and FGM
‘My dreams were destroyed’: poverty costs child brides dear in Zimbabwe
Mother of student held over Ortega protest in global plea for help
Family of activist Amaya Eva Coppens, 24, appeal for help to ‘stop the repression’ of Nicaraguan government
'It's a very big torture': the children growing up in hiding in Dubai
Inside Mother Camp: the woman tackling Afghanistan's drug problem
The world in 2018: how much do you know? – quiz
The year began with the Oxfam scandal and ended with a withering verdict on the food we eat. What do you remember?
The woman breaking Bolivia's culture of silence on rape
Brisa De Angulo was 17 when she founded A Breeze of Hope to support other child survivors of sexual abuse – and help change laws on rape
'I knew my life could be in danger': the girl on a mission to change Iraq – video
'I'm here to work, not for sex': battling violence against women in Rwanda
'A gift to feminists': how Trump's 'gag rule' inspired a worldwide movement
Born as a response to Trump’s aid cuts, SheDecides has blossomed into a vast movement, with women across the globe joining its rallying cry
'A gift from God': the Rohingya refugees adopting orphaned babies
The sexual violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military could have led to a surge in abandoned newborns – but it never came
Child sex trafficking rife in Colombia's picturesque Cartagena
The historic city is cracking down on an industry that targets children and young women from poor neighbourhoods
Kenya lifts ban on Marie Stopes abortion services after warning lives are at risk
Clinics reopen in country where backstreet abortions kill seven women a day and hospitalise 320
Girl, 10, dies after female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone
Renewed calls for country to end practice after girl bleeds to death following mass initiation into secret society
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