As Equals: Stories of gender equality

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  These women say they are being exploited by India’s booming seafood industry. Much of the shrimp they process ends up on American plates

  CNN

  All the names of the young women and girls, as well as their family members and recruiters, have been changed. Their village and company names have also been withheld to ensure the safety of the individuals and their jobs. Surrounded by fields of millet, rice and sunflowers sits the newly …

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  Brazil: Trans people are having illegal abortions and risking imprisonment

  CNN

  São Paulo, Brazil — In the summer of 2023, Matheus terminated his pregnancy at a friend’s house. 26-year-old Matheus, who identifies as nonbinary and uses he/she pronouns, said he, ​​made the decision because he felt unsafe with the person he had sex with, and the pregnancy triggered his gender …

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  Galamsey in Ghana: Illegal mining pollution potentially linked to birth defects

  CNN

  Kumasi, Ghana — In a sealed plastic jar, the remains of a fetus with severe birth defects are preserved in formalin for scientific research. The transparent jar, around 70cm/27.56″ tall, sits along the back wall of a pathology lab at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, …

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  How the system was against these death-row inmates that attacked their husbands after domestic abuse

  CNN

  Elizabeth Otieno Ayuma has been incarcerated at Lang’ata Women Maximum Security Prison in Nairobi, Kenya for more than seven years. She was sentenced to death in October 2017, a charge that sat heavily on her shoulders until last year when Kenya’s President, William Ruto, used his presidential …

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  The cost to women of the overlooked rise of Kenya’s manosphere

  CNN

  “I’m an alpha male, you can’t speak to me like this. I need to be treated like a king.” Njeri wa Migwi recounts a story one of her clients had told her, describing to CNN how a once-caring husband suddenly began demeaning his wife and putting her down; saying things he never used to say. As the …

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  India’s rape crisis: How the country’s police, courts and culture are failing victims

  CNN

  Delhi, India — On August 15, as India prepared to celebrate its 78th Independence Day, thousands of people took to the streets across the state of West Bengal, to protest women’s lack of freedom from sexual violence and harassment. There had been other protests before (less than two days before the …