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Workers held captive in mills supplying Hugo BossInquiry into concerns raised by Boss reveals Tamil Nadu firm, which also supplies Mothercare and Debenhams, stops women leaving factory
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Health system close to collapse as electricity crisis threatens total blackoutWorld Health Organization warns hospitals could be plunged into darkness by February without new funding to keep emergency generators running -
Boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in picturesIn remote areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a programme training health workers aims to tackle maternal and infant mortality
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Call it a world of dread and fear, Geldof? Try eating catfish in a Lagos bush barNigerian satirist Elnathan John responds to Do They Know It’s Christmas? – the Band Aid song that did as much to entrench myths as it did to raise money
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We pressed pause the day we had to leave Syria. The shock never goes awayWar has shattered our society and put our lives on hold. Now we women are demanding that our voices are heard in building peace in our damaged country
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I escaped war in Syria and am now free to dream – but other kids aren't so luckyOn World Children’s Day, the Guardian invited a young Syrian refugee now living in the UK to give us his views on the kind of stories we should be covering
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‘We rebel against the system’: inside Soweto’s thriving punk sceneUnemployment is high in the Johannesburg township, but the band TCIYF are a surprising, positive influence for disenfranchised young people
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'It's about our dignity': vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade disputeSecondhand garments are stifling the country’s fashion industry, officials say, but the ban has dismayed local traders – and reportedly imperils 40,000 US jobs
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'Violence has not left our homes': the fight goes on for female guerrillas in Timor-LesteDespite their bravery in the struggle against Indonesia for independence, Timorese women are still far from winning the battle for gender equality
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'Everything was clouded by Trump in 2017': a gruelling year for poor nations – podcastLucy Lamble looks back over 12 months of critical changes for developing countries, dominated by the devastating effects of the ‘global gag rule’
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'It was unbelievable horror': the Rohingya crisis – podcastWith nearly a million Rohingya driven out of Myanmar in what the UN has called textbook ‘ethnic cleansing’, Lucy Lamble hears about the situation on the ground in Bangladesh – and how the international community can help
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'Society needs to learn to accept': living with HIV and Aids in Africa – in picturesAcross Africa, girls and young women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV/Aids. Photographer Karin Schermbrucker documents their courage
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Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar?Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh
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A timeline of landmarks in women's rightsWomen have fought long and hard to secure access to family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality. A modern timeline of that struggle tells a story full of highs and lows
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Why do people still go hungry? Actor Dougray Scott explainsThere is enough food in the world to go around, yet hundreds of millions of people go to bed each night on an empty stomach
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‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused and exploited as they became 21st century slaves
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Women's rights and gender equality in focusWomen's rights and gender equality in focusLife on the Congo river: boosting survival rates for mothers and babies – in picturesIn remote areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Tshopo province, a programme training health workers aims to tackle maternal and infant mortality
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Modern-day slavery in focusModern-day slavery in focusWorkers held captive in Indian mills supplying Hugo BossGuardian inquiry into concerns raised by Hugo Boss reveals Tamil Nadu firm, which also supplies major UK brands, stops women leaving factory
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The Syrian refugee child who started a schoolFor a 12-year-old boy in a Lebanese refugee camp, learning about photography ended his isolation, and inspired him to get funding for a school there
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Building a feminist city in the PhilippinesWhen Islamist insurgents destroyed the city of Marawi, its women saw an opportunity to demand rights and freedoms previously unknown to them
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Hairdressing, sewing, cooking – is this really how we're going to empower women?Women’s empowerment has long been a development buzzword, but a narrow focus on getting women into low-paid work may be marginalising them further
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Warm and cuddly global goals? The international community must get realAt the moment the SDGs simply offer UN member states a free pass to pat themselves on the back, despite their collective failures
'Boats pass over where our land was' Bangladesh's climate refugees