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May 09

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New guidelines recommend earlier mammograms amid rise in breast cancer among younger women

By Stephanie Sy, Karina Cuevas

New guidelines say women should begin getting regular mammograms every two years starting at age 40 if they are at average risk of breast cancer. That’s a significant change from previous guidance by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that…

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Apr 30

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New book highlights the work and perspectives of underrepresented photographers

By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Juliet Fuisz

A 2018 survey found that only 18 percent of photojournalists worldwide were women. Women Photograph is a nonprofit group working to elevate more female and nonbinary photographers. Founder Daniella Zalcman joins John Yang to discuss a new book published by…

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Mar 08

U.N. says Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women

By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press

The United Nations says that since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls.

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Dec 24

Taliban bans women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs in Afghanistan

By Riazat Butt, Associated Press

The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

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Dec 22

Taliban’s higher education minister defends ban on women from universities

By Associated Press

The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities — a decree that had triggered a global backlash.

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Dec 21

Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement

By Associated Press

The country's Taliban rulers a day earlier ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice.

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Nov 15

WATCH: Senate committee finds ‘invasive’ medical mistreatment of women detained by ICE

By Morgan Lee, Associated Press

The panel heard testimony from a detained migrant mother who was transported in shackles to be brusquely probed by a gynecologist and later injected with a contraceptive without explanation.

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Mar 26

Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday.

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Mar 03

WATCH: House hearing on missing girls from Black, indigenous and other communities of color

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

About 40 percent of the 250,000 women and girls listed as missing as of 2020 were people of color, despite them making up just 16 percent of the overall population, according to the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

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Dec 20

Moms have made it work during the pandemic — but at what cost?

By Megan McGrew, Molly Finnegan

The worry that the coronavirus will upend life at any moment has never let up for families.

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