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Only the best... it has to be a boy

Rajashri Dasgupta explodes a few myths about educated middle-class women in India.

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Argument: Should prostitution be legalized?

Human rights lawyer Dianne Post and writer and filmmaker Bishakha Datta go head-to-head.

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Article title	From magazine	Publication date
Weed-killing breast milk?	The politics of language loss	June, 2014
Valeria's story	The politics of language loss	June, 2014
A word with Angélique Kidjo	The war on whistleblowers	April, 2014
Let's talk about sex	Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth	March, 2014
Sexism movie ratings	Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth	March, 2014
Lock up your genitals	Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth	March, 2014
Making Waves: Dean Peacock	Fracking - the gathering storm	December, 2013
A prisoner in the house	Time to rethink disability	November, 2013
Blue Dragon to the rescue	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Daughters are more caring	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Keeping Prerna	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Only the best... it has to be a boy	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
Missing girls - the facts	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
The girls are back in town	Where have all the girls gone?	October, 2013
A word with Fawzia Koofi	How the war on pirates became big business	September, 2013
Women vs the army	How the war on pirates became big business	September, 2013
Letters	Argentina's challenge	June, 2013
‘Not one step backwards!’	Argentina's challenge	June, 2013
Speak truth	Argentina's challenge	June, 2013
Argument: Should prostitution be legalized?	Demolition job	April, 2013

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Society / Women

Articles about Women, ordered by date.

Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile.

Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.

Shereen El Feki uncovers a surprising truth about life in the Middle East.

Dean Peacock , the director of Sonke Gender Justice Network, is determined to engage men and boys in women’s rights. By Janey Stephenson.

For hundreds of South Asian women each year, an arranged marriage in Britain leads not to love but to slavery. Samira Shackle reports.

Girls are being trafficked from Vietnam into China and forced to work in brothels or sold into marriage. A tiny number get away, or are rescued by activists from Blue Dragon. Phillip Martin reports.

Is the tide turning in China? Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore reports on how young couples are thinking about babies.

Daily wage-earner Kajri is defying her husband to save her daughter. She confided in Ankita Balloh.

Rajashri Dasgupta explodes a few myths about educated middle-class women in India.

Facts and figures on the missing girls of the world.

How South Korea got back to normal.

Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi wants women to get out of their traditional closet.

Housing, prostitution, violence and the pursuit of economic growth. Praise, blame and all the points in between? Give us your feedback.

Argentina has come a long way in dealing with its past. But what of the present? Vanessa Baird takes a look at the state of human rights.

The government wants to fund popular co-ops that are meeting urgent social needs. What could be wrong with that? Vanessa Baird meets the people behind them.

Human rights lawyer Dianne Post and writer and filmmaker Bishakha Datta go head-to-head.

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