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Rael Lomoti and members of one of her Desert Roses teams on their way to a match.

Football stories

Women’s football in the Kenyan desert

Rael Lomoti established the first girls’ football team in Turkana, one of Kenya’s poorest regions. Both on and off the pitch, the Desert Roses are all about breaking with patriarchal norms – and fighting for a brighter future.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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Members of the Afghan women’s team celebrate a goal in October 2025. At the time, the team was still competing under the name “Afghan Women United”.

Football stories

A success for Afghan women’s football

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by Isah Shafiq
Women protest against femicide in Rio de Janeiro in December.

Gender-based violence

Femicide in Brazil: If women must arm themselves the state has failed

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by Thuany Rodrigues
Zambian women take part in the International Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka, the country’s capital, in March 2024.

Gender equality

Promoting women’s property rights in Zambia

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by Beaulah N. Chombo

Violence against women

Why marriage is reviving female genital mutilation in Egypt

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by Ahmed Dahaby
Algerian women call for the protection of women’s rights on the occasion of the International Women's Day 2021 in Algiers.

Gender equality

Algeria’s legal recognition of women’s rights must be put into action

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by Khadidja Kelalech

Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu
Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

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by D+C / E+Z

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