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A Chinese Woman Builds a New Career in a Man’s World

October 20, 2025Isabelle Qian, Ben Laffin, Aaron Byrd and Qilai ShenComments Off on A Chinese Woman Builds a New Career in a Man’s World

An all-female repair business is challenging gender norms in China and catering to a growing population of single women seeking safety and comfort at home. We spoke to Ray Hou, who quit her office job to become a professional handywoman, about what mot…

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Sanae Takaichi Is Set to Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister. But Will She Advance Women’s Rights?

October 19, 2025October 20, 2025Javier C. Hernández and River Akira DavisComments Off on Sanae Takaichi Is Set to Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister. But Will She Advance Women’s Rights?

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back.

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Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals

October 10, 2025October 11, 2025Pranav Baskar and Leily NikounazarComments Off on Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals

Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world.

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Athens Democracy Forum: As Democracy Erodes Globally, So Do Women’s Rights

October 7, 2025Ginanne BrownellComments Off on Athens Democracy Forum: As Democracy Erodes Globally, So Do Women’s Rights

A global swing by governments seeking to assert control has meant repercussions for women, including attempts to delegitimize them and limit their rights, experts said.

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Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

September 25, 2025September 26, 2025ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”

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Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter?

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025John YoonComments Off on Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter?

A photo of Son Heung-min set off a heated debate online that laid bare the intense emotions surrounding South Korea’s gender divide.

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Video Forces Pakistan to Confront ‘Honor Killings’ and Gender Violence

August 6, 2025Elian Peltier and Zia ur-RehmanComments Off on Video Forces Pakistan to Confront ‘Honor Killings’ and Gender Violence

Women in Pakistan die every day for supposedly dishonoring their families, and arrests are rare. But Bano Bibi’s defiant last words were caught on video.

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Major Study on Transgender Youth Health Care to Begin in U.K.

July 31, 2025Chloe W. ShakinComments Off on Major Study on Transgender Youth Health Care to Begin in U.K.

Researchers at King’s College London will track the experiences of up to 3,000 children and teenagers who are being treated by Britain’s health service.

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Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

July 24, 2025AMANDA TAUBComments Off on Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

Economic growth has the unintended side effects of making parenthood more difficult and expensive.

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Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms

July 1, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms

The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.

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Analysis: Trump Supports Protesters in Iran, but Not in Minneapolis

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U.S. to Name Palestinian Committee to Run Gaza

January 13, 2026Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman

U.S. to Name Palestinian Committee to Run Gaza

January 13, 2026Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman

A Timeline of Protests in Iran

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026Monika Cvorak and Sanjana Varghese

Everyone Wants the Arctic

January 13, 2026KATRIN BENNHOLD

The View From Above Antarctica’s Fastest Melting Glacier

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026RAYMOND ZHONG

Uganda Cuts Internet Days Before Presidential Election

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Musinguzi Blanshe

Arrest Made in Toronto Airport Gold Heist as Police Seek 2 Others

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026Amanda Holpuch

Spanish Singer Julio Iglesias Accused of Sexual Assault

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026JASON HOROWITZ

Trump Says London Is Unsafe. Its Murder Rate Just Hit a Historic Low.

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026Lizzie Dearden and Michael D. Shear
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