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Rare cancer found in women with breast implants

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Despite the discovery of a rare lymph node cancer linked to breast implants, experts say women need not be alarmed. They say the chances of developing “ALCL” are low.

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27.03.2015 | 14:09

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Why women in Germany need Equal Pay Day in 2015

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Despite legal support and public visibility, women are still paid less than their male colleagues in Germany – and at an alarming rate. On Equal Pay Day 2015, Germans took to the streets in protest.

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27.03.2015 | 13:56

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Sometimes, I miss being single!

© Fotolia/Peter Atkins

© Fotolia/Peter Atkins

‘Singleton’ is not a privilege given to many women in South Asia. We are ‘protected’ closely by our families and then given away in marriage to the man who will ‘protect’ us. We grow up in one nest and then just before we get a chance to fly, the wings are clipped a little and we settle into another nest.

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27.03.2015 | 13:05

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“Photoshop is a weird concept.”

Photoshopped in India (Copyright: Esther Honig)

Photoshopped in India (Copyright: Esther Honig)

“Make me beautiful” was the assignment. Esther Honig, a freelance journalist based in Kansas City, sent out an unaltered photo of herself to Photoshop experts around the world and she asked the experts to make her look beautiful according to the beauty standards of the country. Her project Before & After compiles the astounding results that she collected. It went viral on social media last year. WTO Blogger Roma Rajpal Weiß interviewed Honig on her project.

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19.03.2015 | 15:26

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On the road with Kigali’s only female mototaxi driver

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Motorcycle taxis are the main mode of transportation in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali – Claudine Nyanamajambere is the only woman to drive a “moto.” DW portrays the woman who’s found her place in this male-dominated domain.

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19.03.2015 | 15:10

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Women in the News

India nun rape

The rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal state last week has sparked outrage in the country. What has been done by the government? Read more here for news about women.

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19.03.2015 | 15:03

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Hong Kong’s domestic workers ‘treated worse than the dogs’

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Many of the hundreds of thousands of migrant domestic workers looking for a better life in Hong Kong end up exposed to abuse at the hands of their employers. Zigor Aldama reports with three women’s stories.

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19.03.2015 | 14:55

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