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Society AfghanistanBreaking Social Norms: Afghanistan Now Has Its First Modeling Agency
In Afghanistan, modeling can be a potentially life-threatening career to pursue, especially for women. But the nation’s very first fashion school is working hard to change the conservative mindset of what it is to be a model.
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Society Saudi Arabia“We Now Have a Voice,” Say Saudi Women Drivers
Two years ago, Saudi Arabia lifted the ban that prevented women from driving. Ever since, the country has been working on further improving women’s rights, including allowing them to travel abroad without consent from a male guardian.
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Technology
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Technology
Technology Sierra LeoneThis Game Teaches Kids About Sex, Trying to Reduce Unwanted Pregnancies During COVID-19
The coronavirus lockdown in Sierra Leone could likely increase the number of unwanted pregnancies, say experts. To tackle this issue, an international charity has created an interactive sex education app to provide the youth with reliable information and support.
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Heroes
Heroes USATwo Records for Daring Kathy: One in Space, One on the Bottom of the Ocean
Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan has become the very first woman to reach the deepest point in Earth’s oceans, the bottom of the Challenger Deep – located nearly 11,000 meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean!
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Society
Society PakistanYou Can Divorce Your Husband If He Tries to Take Your Property – Rules Court in Pakistan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has declared that a husband has no right to his wife’s property without her permission – a ruling following a man’s offering of his wife’s land and house to their daughter-in-law, without seeking his wife’s consent.
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