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Women’s organisations and activists say collaboration gives company ‘a veneer of feminist approval it clearly does not merit’
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La Fe is one of three educational centres that exist in the African country to provide schooling for those with hearing disabilities
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Former US envoy given award at conference now engulfed in row over changes to reproductive rights pledges, while participant list revealed to have included members of a group accused of hate speech
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Thousands are lured to the Kédougou region by dreams of riches hidden underground. Fortunes rarely materialise, but still the pickaxes fall, night and day
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In Makoko, one of the world’s largest floating slums, most people are illiterate and many children cannot afford to go to school. The charity, Chess in Slums Africa, uses the game to inspire children to come to class
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About one in 10 people in Poland is now Ukrainian. The welcome has been warm, but as war grinds on, some fear the ‘full’ sign must go up soon
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As food prices soar, Zimbabwe’s diaspora are opting for delivery services rather than money transfers to help hard-hit relatives
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Somalia’s first woman to head a media house explains how she beat the odds to become a journalist and why Bilan was set up
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Khaula Jamil explores the difficulties faced by Bengali-speakers in Pakistan, and how they are filtering down the generations
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We join a Ukrainian mother and her son as they prepare to leave Lisbon, where they went to flee the war two and a half months ago. Despite ongoing conflict with Russian forces in the south and east of the country, the UN Refugee Agency has reported more than 4.4m* border crossings back into Ukraine since 28 February. Many of those crossing are thought to be Ukrainians heading back to parts of the country now considered relatively safe, hoping to reunite with family, rebuild their country and restart their lives. Katya and Nazar set off for Kyiv hoping to make it in time to celebrate Nazar's ninth birthday. We join husband and father Sergii at Kyiv bus station as he waits for them to arrive.
*This figure reflects cross-border movements (and not individuals). Movements back to Ukraine may be temporary. Source: UNHCR
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Indigenous reindeer herders fear the drive towards a more sustainable economy is destroying their traditional way of life and cultural identity
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The Afghan-Iranian artist narrowly escaped from Kabul to Paris last August, as the Taliban took over. She talks about the terror of that time, why she still longs for home, and her work photographing Afghan women in exile
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Falsehoods and disinformation could cause breakdown in relations with local communities, says World Vision
A common condition
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The disease is a leading killer of under fives across Africa. But trials for a new vaccine suggest an end to the death toll could be in sight
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Differences between the UK and India in treating the blood-clotting disease highlight a global medical apartheid
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Last year’s insurgent attacks in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region left thousands dead or missing. Of the survivors, hundreds of thousands now live in overcrowded refugee camps or sleep on the streets of safer parts of the country. Many women are on their own, widowed by the fighting or left alone by up to 3,000 men who had little choice but to join the militia. In displacement camps, solo women and girls are vulnerable to rape and violence, and have no idea where to find help
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