Impact
The secret bond that helped two captive women survive Mozambique’s Islamists
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/28/islamist-militants-alshabaab-insurgency-abductions-escape-cabo-delgado-mozambique
Afghan women are trapped between two prisons: Home and society
https://msmagazine.com/2025/02/25/afghan-women-taliban-rule/
How understanding the menstrual cycle is breaking new ground for women’s soccer
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/womens-soccer-menstrual-cycle-research
They told her women shouldn’t box. Now she’s Ghana’s first female world champion
https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/02/24/they-told-her-women-shouldnt-box-now-shes-ghanas-first-female-world-champion/
Over 1,000 women sexually exploited in human trafficking ring after being “lured to Spain with bogus job offers,” police say
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/women-sexually-exploited-human-trafficking-lured-to-spain-police/
‘I’d never loved it so much’: Ukrainian woman who felt compelled to return home
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/id-never-loved-it-so-much-ukrainian-woman-who-felt-compelled-to-return-home
B.C. rising star Nicole Havrda to race in all-female F1 Academy
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/canadian-rising-star-nicole-havrda-to-race-in-all-female-f1-academy/
Women now make up 43% of Britain’s top boardrooms, report says
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/women-now-make-up-43-britains-top-boardrooms-report-says-2025-02-25/
Tearful Mikaela Shiffrin claims historic 100th World Cup win
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/23/sport/mikaela-shiffrin-100th-win-sestriere-skiing-spt-intl/index.html
Domestic abuse specialists placed in 999 control rooms after women’s murders
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/domestic-abuse-specialists-placed-in-999-control-rooms-after-womens-murders-13313360
Helpline for Indigenous women gets funding from province
https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/helpline-for-indigenous-women-gets-funding-from-province/article_a0dc5ea0-cfb5-5dce-801a-044e54a3421f.html
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Women hear better than men across all environments
https://www.earth.com/news/women-hear-better-than-men-across-all-environments/
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https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/eid-beauty-rituals/974140
