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Police: Woman found dead in New Haven skate park
Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a skate park in New Haven on Friday. The discovery was made around ...
Sha’Carri Richardson joins new women’s track and field league as owner-advisor
Olympic gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson has joined the new, team-based women’s track and field league Athlos as a founding ...
Syria's only female minister says lifting of economic sanctions offers hope for recovery
Syria's minister of social affairs and labor says the lifting of sanctions will allow her government to begin work on ...
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Israel authorizes more settlements in the occupied West Bank. Strikes on Gaza kill 34, officials say
Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of ...
State Department notifies Congress of reorganization plan with bigger cuts to programs and staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Thursday notified Congress of an updated reorganization of the massive agency, ...
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Rohingya women coerced to use contraception in Bangladesh refugee camps
Many in the overcrowded camps are open to family planning, but coercion and racist treatment by healthcare workers risks ...
Afghan women’s org. push back after US scholar says Afghan refugees ‘should not fear repatriation’
Analyst Cheryl Benard defended her controversial essay, which women’s rights activists say whitewashes the Taliban’s gender ...
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With refugee support in peril, a women's group steps up for Manchester's Congolese community
Furaha Nyirarukundo organizes a monthly women’s group for Swahili speakers at the International Institute of New England in ...
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FIFA Move: Afghan refugee women to form new football team
FIFA is launching a new football team for Afghan refugee women — a symbolic step toward global inclusion as the sport’s governing body expands access and opportunity in the women’s game ...