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US War on Iran Is Devastating for Women Who Want Life and Freedom

Kamin Mohammadi / Truthdig Aug 10, 2026 Iranian feminists asked for international help — but the U.S.-Israeli war has killed women, left many jobless and given the government a pretext to violate their rights. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Homage to Rojava

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Jul 30, 2026 The Kurdish project to build a new kind of democracy amid the Syrian civil war is ending. A journalist who has followed the revolution for years asks: What did it all mean? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Pro Women’s Tennis to Require Genetic Testing

Orion Rummler / The 19th Jul 24, 2026 The policy has the greatest potential to impact intersex cisgender women who don’t know they are intersex. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Case of the Fordingbridge Three Exposes a System Stacked Against Rape Survivors

Diane de Vignemont / Truthdig Jul 21, 2026 While the perpetrators have been given less lenient punishments, advocates worry the case sends the message to victims that their pain is unimportant. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Rohingya Girls, Women Lack Reproductive Agency in World’s Biggest Refugee Camp

Umme Kulsum, Kawsara Bibi, Khaleda Siddique, Asiya Alijahan / Truthdig Jul 17, 2026 Surviving violent displacement wasn’t enough — Rohingya women in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh now face pressure and coercion over their most personal decisions. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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Revolutionizing Gynecology With Women in Mind

Diane de Vignemont / Truthdig Jul 8, 2026 A new medical device is part of a broader effort to make gynecological care less painful — and to take women’s pain more seriously. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

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Inside South Korea’s Thriving Digital Sex Abuse Machine

JiHye Jeong / Truthdig Jun 30, 2026 AI is supercharging South Korea’s online ecosystem of illegal filming and sexual exploitation, shifting men from consumers to producers. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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The Culture of Sexual Violence in the Department of Homeland Security

Nicole Froio / Prism Jun 11, 2026 The DHS routinely describes undocumented immigrants as sexual predators while employing men accused of child sexual abuse, rape and other gender-based violence. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

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Anti-Trans Amendment Puts Women’s History Museum on Pause

Orion Rummler / The 19th May 22, 2026 The Democratic Women’s Caucus pulled support after Republicans amended the legislation to require that the museum exclude transgender women. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Que reste-t-il du procès des viols de Mazan?

Diane de Vignemont / Truthdig May 18, 2026 La société française a été bouleversée par le procès public de 51 violeurs de Gisèle Pelicot, qui a donné un nouvel élan au mouvement féministe et a permis une définition plus claire du viol. Mais pour beaucoup de femmes, le chemin à parcourir est encore bien long. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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The Plot to Turn Back the Clock on Women’s Rights

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report May 15, 2026 An ideological architecture is emerging that sees women as reproductive vessels for a state-defined ideal, with federal policy bent toward forcing them into that role. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Now You See Them … Now You Don’t

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch May 11, 2026 What's the best way to keep your job under the Trump administration? Simple. Be a man. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )