List of Sex and Gender articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Promote Women’s Rights, in Afghanistan and Around the World
This year seems to be a year for taking stock of women's rights globally, but what does that mean for women in Afghanistan?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vatican: Irish Gay Marriage Referendum a ‘Defeat for Humanity’
The Irish referendum on same-sex marriage was the first time such rights were granted by popular vote.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is There Hope for Afghanistan’s Other Daughters?
The latest round of convictions in the brutal public murder of an Afghan woman was mob justice -- not real change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Overwhelming Majority Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland
The vote makes Ireland the world's first country to allow same-sex marriage by popular referendum.
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OSLO, NORWAY - JULY 25: Norwegian police stand guard outside the court house as Anders Behring Breivik who confessed to Norway's worst act of terror appears in a closed court on July 25 ,2011 in Oslo, Norway. So far seven people have been confirmed dead from the bomb attack and 86 on Utoya. Although Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to the killings, claiming that he acted alone, he has not pleaded guilty. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ireland’s Coming Out Party
As modern, cosmopolitan Ireland votes on gay marriage, the ghosts of the country’s conservative Catholic past are rising up.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan’s Missing Link: Women Leaders
Afghan women can't be left out of the negotiations concerning the future of Afghanistan. Both President Obama and President Ghani need to address the historic role of the United States in perpetuating the abject status of Afghan women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hardly Justice for Farkhunda
It took less than two months for the Afghan judicial system to arrest, investigate, and try 49 men accused of involvement in the killing of Farkhunda, a 27-year-old woman who was murdered by a mob. Justice was swift, but was it thorough?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Nepal’s Renegade Strategy to Save Mothers
The country's bold strategy to fight maternal mortality flouts conventional wisdom and relies on a controversial drug -- and in the wake of the devastating earthquake, it could be more important than ever.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Women are more than victims, so it is time focus security strategies on them
Clearly extremists are not afraid to fight or to die. They often welcome and embrace the idea of martyrdom. So, what are they afraid of? A common operating procedure among various extremist groups is to control and disempower girls and women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 More Freedom, More Problems
Tunisia’s new freedoms have enabled the country’s LGBTs to speak out — and conservative forces to strike back.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan is Failing to Help Abused Women
Abuse against women in Afghan homes is horrifyingly pervasive; around 87 percent of Afghan women are believed to have experienced domestic abuse at least once. What is Afghanistan doing to end the abuse?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 North Korea’s Fellow Travelers
Gloria Steinem, two Nobel Laureates, and 26 other women will be making a big mistake if they march across the DMZ with Christine Ahn.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The G20 Is Finally Taking Gender Equality Seriously
It’s about time.
