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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

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by D+C / E+Z

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Women's rights

In Nigeria, money and men decide when a woman seeks prenatal care

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by Oluwatoyosi Asunmo
Sex workers from Kolkata celebrate the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling in May 2022 recognising sex work as a profession.

Feminism

Is prostitution work or exploitation?

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by Khushboo Srivastava
Sex workers and activists demonstrate on the eve of International Labour Day 2022 in Kolkata.

Labour rights

Selling sex, seeking respect: Life in India’s red-light districts

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by Khushboo Srivastava
Football training in Juja, Kenya.

Masculinity

What does it mean to be a man?

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by D+C / E+Z
Torchlight procession in Kolkata in August 2025, on the anniversary of the brutal rape of a female doctor in the city.

Gender equality

A city where women need panic buttons is not a safe city

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by Roli Mahajan
Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Sustainability

How biogas is changing daily life in rural Rwanda

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by Stella Tushabe
Aya Cissoko attends the first meeting of the Parliament of Francophone Women Writers in Orleans in 2018.

Books

Moving forward without losing sight of one’s roots

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by Dagmar Wolf
At an event in São Paulo in 2024, women commemorate the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888.

Novel

How brave women fight back against oppression

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by Sinikka Soriya Dombrowski
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie