Women
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Society
Society JapanCharity Gives Japan’s Empty Homes to Single Moms, Fixing Two Problems at Once
A Japanese charity based in Tokyo is tackling the nation’s growing problem of abandoned homes by transforming them into housing for those who need it most in the male-dominated nation: single women with children.
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Society
Society86-Year-Old Judge Gets a Million Dollars for Battle Against Discrimination – and Gives It Away
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman ever named to the U.S. Supreme Court, was awarded for her work in battling discrimination with a one-million-dollar prize, which she will be donating to charities or non-profits.
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Society
SocietyGirl Called Adrenaline Pumps up Comic Book Classic Asterix for Sixty Years Celebration
The 60-year anniversary of the famous comic book series, Asterix the Gaul, comes not only with the release of a 38th album, but also with a character unlike any other the series has ever developed: a rebellious teenage heroine named Adrenaline.
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Society
Society ColombiaIt Used to Be a Macho-City – Now It’s Run by a Female Mayor. And She’s Openly Gay
Claudia Lopez has been elected as an openly gay woman mayor – a historic first not only in Colombia, but in any capital in the Americas – showing a big improvement in the attitude towards human rights across the continent, which for centuries was considered the…
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Twibber Stories
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Health
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Society
SocietySouth African Men Blow Big Loud Trumpets for Women’s Safety
A patrol group led by men in Soweto, South Africa’s largest township, is fighting gender-based violence using their colorful vuvuzela trumpets to protect women from crime and harassment while safely escorting them to public transport.
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Society
SocietyMother of Three Becomes Role Model as First Female Railway Porter in Rajasthan
34-year-old Manju Devi broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman porter in conservative Rajasthan, India, working at the busy Jaipur railway station with 177 other porters - all of whom are men - and is praised by the authorities.
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