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Former choir director Ana Marvez could not stand to see the musical skills of her fellow Venezuelans go to waste in Chile, their host country. To showcase those hidden talents, she started an orchestra
Last March, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it had already proved to be lethal and highly contagious
About 52 percent of women in Afghanistan have experienced violence in their homes, according to the World Health Organization
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, thousands of families are struggling with deepening poverty and unemployment. A survey by the charity Twaweza shows 60% of Kenyan families can no longer afford three meals per day
For over a century, International Women’s Day has celebrated women’s achievements across the globe, overcoming persistent gender inequality
Two documentaries shine a light on women defying the odds in the face of brutality and corruption
Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she decided to stop wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo
Al-Hol camp authorities on Thursday released 65 Islamic State families of Deir el-Zour under an agreement with Syria’s tribes
Europe’s far right has suffered some setbacks recently: Germany’s top opposition party is under surveillance for extremism and France shut down a right-wing youth group
It’s a new era for Russian women, at least if they’re aspiring truckers, boat drivers, or pilots. Russia’s government has opened up several hundred professions that previously barred women under late-Soviet-era labor restrictions