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“Often trafficking victims don’t even know that there is a label to describe what happened to them,” says Luis CdeBaca Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons from the US State Department.

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Women are becoming more confident and rising up to every challenge that their lives offer. Yet, is this newly-found self-assurance hampering their attempts to be in a lasting relationship with a man?

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Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from marrying foreigners from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Chad. The administration says that the number of expats from these communities has exceeded the government’s limit of 500,000. But for one Pakistani woman, this is a blessing in disguise!

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Auma Obama tells Women Talk Online that women’s emancipation need not be a fight where women are constantly trying to get the better of men.

Afghan citizens want more empowerment and a say in how they will run their country. They are now eagerly waiting for the results of the presidential elections to emerge.

Belena Romana is in London for the Powerful Women meeting.

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