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Do you know how ISIS deals with women? According to a report an Iraqi woman has killed an ISIS commander that forced her to become a sex slave. Read more here and don’t forget to share and tweet the news of #ISISchan!

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15.09.2015 | 19:58

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Comments of the Week

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Refugees who are fleeing from Syria are getting a lot of attention right now. Many people are seriously concern and would like to help. Along with this sympathy, people are upset if they hear news about refugees being ill-treated or misused by anybody. Are your comments included in this week’s Comments of the Week? Check it out here.

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15.09.2015 | 14:04

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Nearly all India’s Muslim women reject ‘triple talaq’ and polygamy (I)

Muslim women in India © Reuters/P.Rossignol

Muslim women in India © Reuters/P.Rossignol

More than 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed in India want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study by a women’s rights organization, the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), showed.

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04.09.2015 | 16:35

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Nearly all India’s Muslim women reject ‘triple talaq’ and polygamy (II)

Kashmiri Muslim women laugh as they push each other playfully outside a polling station in Wattergam, some 75 Kilometers (47 miles) from Srinagar, India. @ AP Photo/Dar Yasin

Kashmiri Muslim women laugh as they push each other playfully outside a polling station in Wattergam, some 75 Kilometers (47 miles) from Srinagar, India. @ AP Photo/Dar Yasin

Zakia Soman is a founder member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), a mass organization of muslim women in India. According to a survey conducted by her organization, more than 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed in India want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country.

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04.09.2015 | 16:34

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Women in the News

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(Copyright: Reuters/S. Modola)

Female Genital Mutilation is a crime against women. This week’s edition of Women in the News takes a look at brave women who are willing to be a witness to help other women. Read also other news about women that made it to the headlines.

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04.09.2015 | 16:33

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A dot that is saving lives in India

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© MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images

It is a simple idea that goes a long way. An iodine patch designed like a regular bindi is going to help battle iodine deficiency among tribal women in the Indian State of Maharasthra.

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01.09.2015 | 12:22

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Women in the News

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Worldwide an estimated 140 million females are affected by FGM. Check out here the scope of the problem in graphics and numbers, and read other news about women.

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01.09.2015 | 6:27

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