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Pregnant, desperate and poor, Pakistani mother Zameena faced a stark choice: Risk her life by having a secret abortion, or risk her life bearing her husband a sixth child. In the end, she opted for the former, one of more than 2 million women a ...
Japanese director Hikari's '37 Seconds' wins prizes at Berlin Film Festival
Japanese director Hikari's "37 Seconds" won the Audience Award in the Panorama section at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday. The film, featuring amateur actress Mei Kayama, who has cerebral palsy, also won the International Confederation of Art Cinemas' Art Cinema Award in the Panorama ...
In the name of the gods: Indian girls forced into sex work despite ban on ancient ritual
Young girls in south India continue to be "dedicated" to village temples and then forced into prostitution despite laws banning the ancient ritual, researchers say. The devadasi system, which involves putting a beaded necklace around girls and often leads to a life of sex work ...
French sex workers have lodged a constitutional challenge to a 2016 law making it illegal to pay for sex, reopening a debate on whether women should be free to sell their bodies. On Tuesday, around 30 sex workers backed by nine associations, including a medical ...
Spa! magazine publishes apology for ranking colleges based on sexual availability of female students
Weekly tabloid magazine Spa! issued an apology in its latest edition after a list it published in December — which ranked colleges based on the perceived sexual availability of their female students — received heavy criticism and led the publication to re-evaluate its editorial ...
A strip club in Britain has won a battle to remain open after local authorities were told many of the dancers who work there are feminists. The Urban Tiger club in the western city of Bristol had faced calls for its license to be removed, ...
Thailand deports 'sex seminar' Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Trump secrets
A model from Belarus who was arrested during a "sex training seminar" in Thailand and then claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in U.S. President Donald Trump's election was deported on Thursday. Thai authorities said Anastasia Vashukevich, 27, two other Belarussians and five Russians ...
Colleges named in Japan tabloid's list of schools with 'easy girls' condemn article as misogynistic
The fallout over an article in a tabloid magazine ranking colleges according to the promiscuity of their female students after drinking intensified Wednesday, with all institutions named in the article accusing the publication of sexism. The criticism from the universities follows growing anger and frustration ...
A tabloid magazine has ignited intense backlash on social media after it published a list of colleges whose students are "easily available" for sex after drinking, underscoring what critics described as the country's systematic objectification of women. In its Dec. 25 issue, the weekly magazine ...
Ethical, diverse and not a silicone breast in sight — feminist filmmakers are standing up to mass-market porn with adult movies that are free of male domination and gender stereotypes. Their films aim to show realistic, consent-based and egalitarian sex instead of the superhuman bedroom ...
Tokyo 'bus cafe,' a safe haven from sexual exploitation for troubled young girls
Unmistakable for its exterior splashed with illustrations of colorful flowers, a bright pink bus glows at a Shibuya park one December evening, its dazzling design standing out as the darkness of the night sets in. Set up nearby are three pink tents. Once inside, visitors ...
About 40% of Japanese teens say sex education at school is useless: survey
About 40 percent of those aged between 17 and 19 think sex education at school is useless, an online survey by the Nippon Foundation think tank showed Thursday. Almost one in four respondents said they have had sex, and three out of four said they ...
