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Join UsSupreme Court declines case challenging school’s skirts-only dress code for girls
Meghanlata Gupta /
NPR
The founder of the school being sued said that female students wearing skirts preserves the idea that a woman is a "fragile vessel that men are supposed to take care of and honor."
A law that bans sex toys as obscene and morally harmful is being challenged by women in Zimbabwe
Farai Mutsaka /
Associated Press
Part of Zimbabwe’s “censorship and entertainments control” law makes the importation or possession of sex toys illegal as they are deemed “indecent” or “obscene” and harmful to public morals. Owning sex toys can put a woman in prison.
‘So many reports of violence and abuse’: how the gig economy fails women around the world
Philippa Kelly /
Fairwork
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What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim /
The New York Times
Women in the industry are speaking out about what they feel are cancellations motivated by their appearance rather than sound, even as there is a belief that pregnancy and childbirth have positive effects on the voice.
Extreme heat is having a detrimental impact on women living in Indian slums. Now a simple solution is helping them keep cool.