Turkey's 2024: Record High Female Deaths Highlight Gender Violence Crisis
In Turkey, 608 women died in 2024 (375 homicides, 233 suspicious deaths), the highest number in recent years according to the Stop Women Murders Platform, which blames the lack of Istanbul Convention and Lanzarote Convention implementation for the preventable deaths and plans to continue fighting fo...
Turkey's 2024: Record High Female Deaths Highlight Gender Violence Crisis
In Turkey, 608 women died in 2024 (375 homicides, 233 suspicious deaths), the highest number in recent years according to the Stop Women Murders Platform, which blames the lack of Istanbul Convention and Lanzarote Convention implementation for the preventable deaths and plans to continue fighting fo...
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60% Bias Score
Iran's leadership faces internal and external pressure amid series of setbacks
Following a series of significant losses for Iran and its allies, including the deaths of key figures and the fall of Assad in Syria, Iran's leadership is facing internal pressure and considering a potential shift in its foreign policy to negotiate with the West, while simultaneously facing internal...
Iran's leadership faces internal and external pressure amid series of setbacks
Following a series of significant losses for Iran and its allies, including the deaths of key figures and the fall of Assad in Syria, Iran's leadership is facing internal pressure and considering a potential shift in its foreign policy to negotiate with the West, while simultaneously facing internal...
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64% Bias Score
Femicide in Lebanon: Journalist Murdered in Courthouse Highlights Systemic Violence
Abir Rahal, a Lebanese journalist and mother of three, was murdered by her husband inside a Lebanese courthouse; he later committed suicide, leaving a video attempting to justify the act by accusing his wife of infidelity. This highlights the alarming rise of femicides in Lebanon, fueled by patriarc...
Femicide in Lebanon: Journalist Murdered in Courthouse Highlights Systemic Violence
Abir Rahal, a Lebanese journalist and mother of three, was murdered by her husband inside a Lebanese courthouse; he later committed suicide, leaving a video attempting to justify the act by accusing his wife of infidelity. This highlights the alarming rise of femicides in Lebanon, fueled by patriarc...
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44% Bias Score
Morocco's Family Code Reforms Face Feminist Backlash
Morocco's proposed family code reforms, presented on December 24th, include raising the minimum marriage age to 18 (with exceptions), shared parental legal representation, and adjustments to polygamy. However, feminist groups criticize the rejection of DNA paternity testing and the continuation of u...
Morocco's Family Code Reforms Face Feminist Backlash
Morocco's proposed family code reforms, presented on December 24th, include raising the minimum marriage age to 18 (with exceptions), shared parental legal representation, and adjustments to polygamy. However, feminist groups criticize the rejection of DNA paternity testing and the continuation of u...
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60% Bias Score
Morocco Proposes Family Code Reforms: Banning Child Marriage, Restricting Polygamy
On December 24th, 2023, Morocco's government proposed key reforms to its Family Code, including banning child marriage (with exceptions for 17-year-olds under strict conditions), stricter polygamy regulations (allowing pre-nuptial agreements prohibiting additional marriages), and granting divorced m...
Morocco Proposes Family Code Reforms: Banning Child Marriage, Restricting Polygamy
On December 24th, 2023, Morocco's government proposed key reforms to its Family Code, including banning child marriage (with exceptions for 17-year-olds under strict conditions), stricter polygamy regulations (allowing pre-nuptial agreements prohibiting additional marriages), and granting divorced m...
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32% Bias Score
German Church Leader Shows Openness to Abortion Law Reform
The head of Germany's Evangelical Church, Kirsten Fehrs, indicated potential support for a bill to decriminalize abortions up to 12 weeks, currently supported by 328 MPs, while emphasizing mandatory counseling; the bill would remove the criminalization of women seeking abortions, although it still n...
German Church Leader Shows Openness to Abortion Law Reform
The head of Germany's Evangelical Church, Kirsten Fehrs, indicated potential support for a bill to decriminalize abortions up to 12 weeks, currently supported by 328 MPs, while emphasizing mandatory counseling; the bill would remove the criminalization of women seeking abortions, although it still n...
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40% Bias Score
Taliban Revokes Licenses of Aid Groups Employing Women in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the revocation of licenses for aid organizations employing women in Afghanistan, escalating restrictions on women's participation and potentially worsening the humanitarian crisis. This follows a 2021 decree and a UN report detailing the Taliban's obstruction of female aid work...
Taliban Revokes Licenses of Aid Groups Employing Women in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the revocation of licenses for aid organizations employing women in Afghanistan, escalating restrictions on women's participation and potentially worsening the humanitarian crisis. This follows a 2021 decree and a UN report detailing the Taliban's obstruction of female aid work...
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60% Bias Score
Frankfurt Kitchen: A Social Housing Revolution
In the 1920s, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky designed the space-saving, efficient "Frankfurt kitchen" to improve the lives of working-class families in post-WWI Germany; its industrial production and global adoption revolutionized kitchen design.
Frankfurt Kitchen: A Social Housing Revolution
In the 1920s, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky designed the space-saving, efficient "Frankfurt kitchen" to improve the lives of working-class families in post-WWI Germany; its industrial production and global adoption revolutionized kitchen design.
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44% Bias Score
Italian Journalist Arrested in Iran
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran on December 19th and is held in solitary confinement; the Italian government is actively pursuing her release amidst rising tensions with Iran over recent arrests.
Italian Journalist Arrested in Iran
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran on December 19th and is held in solitary confinement; the Italian government is actively pursuing her release amidst rising tensions with Iran over recent arrests.
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52% Bias Score
Taliban Purge of Afghan Professors Accelerates
The Afghan Taliban have dismissed at least 12 professors from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University for opposing their ideology, part of a broader effort to purge dissenting academics and 'Talibanize' universities, following the earlier expulsion of women from education; hundreds of professors have be...
Taliban Purge of Afghan Professors Accelerates
The Afghan Taliban have dismissed at least 12 professors from Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University for opposing their ideology, part of a broader effort to purge dissenting academics and 'Talibanize' universities, following the earlier expulsion of women from education; hundreds of professors have be...
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56% Bias Score
Chechen Women's Escape Highlights Systemic Oppression
Liya Zaurbekova, 19, fled Chechnya in May due to patriarchal oppression, escaping to Moscow with help from activist Svetlana Anokhina before fleeing the country; this case highlights systemic issues faced by women in Chechnya seeking freedom, and the risks faced when escaping.
Chechen Women's Escape Highlights Systemic Oppression
Liya Zaurbekova, 19, fled Chechnya in May due to patriarchal oppression, escaping to Moscow with help from activist Svetlana Anokhina before fleeing the country; this case highlights systemic issues faced by women in Chechnya seeking freedom, and the risks faced when escaping.
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56% Bias Score
Iranian Activist Defies Regime During Medical Release
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, serving a 31-year prison sentence, defiantly continues her fight for democracy and equality during a brief medical release, rejecting the regime's oppression and advocating for a non-violent transition to a secular government.
Iranian Activist Defies Regime During Medical Release
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, serving a 31-year prison sentence, defiantly continues her fight for democracy and equality during a brief medical release, rejecting the regime's oppression and advocating for a non-violent transition to a secular government.
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36% Bias Score