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UN Finds Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women

Following the largest climate-change demonstration in history, the UN Climate Summit could spurn an overdue examination of the Earth's pending demise.

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This Week In Pantsuit Politics: Hermione (AKA Emma Watson) Backs Women In Uruguayan Parliament

Also this week: meet the women behind Scotland's vote for freedom, and find out why Hillary thinks some women are "on the brink."

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Thousands of Iraqis are Trapped on a Mountain Facing Death by Dehydration or Systematic Slaughtering

Tthe Islamic State militants (formally known as ISIS) have driven tens of thousands of Iraq's Yazidi minority group into the mountains.

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Angelina Jolie is Right: It's Time to Take a Stand Against Sexual Violence in War

Jolie has brought her star power to the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit in London. Here's why it's a worthy cause.

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Justice Not Served: India's Low-Caste Rape Epidemic

In one northern Indian state, an estimated 90% of rape victims belong to the lowest caste.

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A Walk in Her Shoes: Riveting UN Video Reveals the Tragedy of Sexual Harassment in Egypt

It's one thing to know about a culture of sexual harassment. It's another to experience that culture from the vantage point of a woman enduring the abuse.

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