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‘It’s time that we face the issue’: #MeToo movement gains momentum in Taiwan
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#MeToo
Taiwan’s political parties beset by sexual harassment allegations
China's Peng Shuai reacts during her first round singles match against Japan's Nao Hibino at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia
#MeToo
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s retraction ‘comes off as highly staged,’ journalist says
People holding up In Memoriam signs during a rally
Montréal Massacre anniversary: The media must play a key role in fighting femicide
Tennis star Peng Shuai playing in the dark, with only her face and the ball brightly lit
What the Peng Shuai saga tells us about Beijing’s grip on power and desire to crush a #MeToo moment
Passengers wait to board a plane for New York at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris
Top of The World
US opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers from a list of countries
Video still from a Tik Tok video
Sexual violence
This teen’s TikTok video takes on Malaysia’s toxic culture of misogyny
A man rides a bike by a slogan pasted on a wall reading "Avoid a rape trial: Become chief of police," in Paris, Saturday, July 11, 2020.
#MeToo
France’s 2nd #MeToo movement reckons with incest, child rape 
Greek Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou poses for a photograph during an interview for The Associated Press, at Agios Kosmas marina in southern Athens, Feb. 4, 2021. Bekatorou is the most successful female athlete in Greek sporting history who rece
#MeToo
Greece ‘finally’ has its #MeToo moment 
Two Iranian women take a selfie outside a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran, on July 2, 2019.
#MeToo
Iranians share stories of sexual harassment, abuse on social media
Demonstrators and activists take part in a rally in support of legal and safe abortion outside the Colombian constitutional court, in Bogota, Colombia, March 2, 2020.
Two key decisions on abortion in Colombia and Argentina this month
People gather in a memory of seven-year-old Fatima Cecilia Aldrighett, who went missing and whose body was discovered inside a plastic bag, at an anti-femicide monument, in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 19, 2020.
Thousands join march to fight against femicide in Mexico
A man wears a black shiny outfit and performs with backup dancers
Music
The 7 global music trends from the past decade
Nobel
Only 20 Nobels in the sciences have gone to women. Why?
Evelyn Hernández, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a suspected abortion, is hugged by a woman.
Sexual violence
El Salvador abortion laws offer warning for the US, lawyer says
A plastic sex doll with brown wig sits in an office chair
Sexuality
South Korea’s sex doll industry stirs controversy with ‘life-size’ imports
Mark Tercek
#MeToo
A #MeToo scandal engulfs The Nature Conservancy
Marcela Juan
Women & Gender
These Argentine women fight against a justice system ‘written by men, for men’
social worker in soccer field
Health & Medicine
Argentina is divided over abortion — even the feminists
“Tear down the walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told graduates at the 368th commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 30, 2019.
Leaders
From ‘mein Mädchen’ to ‘leader of the free world,’ Angela Merkel is winding down her political career
members of the Ethiopian diaspora
Women & Gender
Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice
Ciara McCormack plays soccer
Sports
Vancouver Whitecaps accused of mishandling abuse allegations against former coach
Chinese feminist
Women & Gender
The Chinese feminists fighting patriarchy in China from abroad
A woman dresses a girl at a shelter, surrounded by luggage and clothes
Immigration
Immigration judges say Sessions’ decision makes it harder for people facing ‘life and death’ to win asylum in US
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Amb. Wendy Sherman speaking at Wellesley College.
Conflict
Madeleine Albright: ‘Many of the best diplomats are women’
Actress Catherine Deneuve poses at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.
Arts
Deneuve sends a dated message of empowerment