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Female, Irish, homeless
More homeless women than anywhere else in Europe

There is no stereotype of the Irish homeless woman – she is young or slightly older, educated or without a leaving certificate, healthy or sick. The “careers” of those living on the streets of Dublin are very individual. But much more often than in the rest of Europe their stories are female. 41 percent of the homeless in Ireland are women.
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Mareike GraepelHaltern

“The streets belong to us!”
The revolution in Lebanon is feminine

Women are the heart of the protests in Lebanon. They stir up the crowd with megaphones, stand up to police officers, and encourage their children to take to the streets against corrupt politicians.
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Julia NeumannBeirut
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„We need a cultural change“
A special kind of women’s home in Argentina

The "Casa del Encuentro" is not only a contact point for victims of domestic violence, but also a meeting place for Argentinian feminists. The organisation compiled the first report on femicide in Argentina in 2008 and has taken on a pioneering role in the fight for women's rights.
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Tamara VogelBerlin
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Abortion in Ireland
A referendum and its consequences

In the past, women in Ireland had to have abortions secretly or abroad. Following a referendum, abortions have been made legal in the Republic of Ireland in 2018 and in Northern Ireland the following year. Despite that, there are still fierce protests outside surgeries and clinics. An approach to a highly emotive topic.
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Mareike GraepelHaltern

Machismo in the hot seat
Emancipation in Spain

Spain is being hit with a “tsnuami of feminism” with its government having far more female state ministers than anywhere else in Europe. Despite this, the road to equality moves slowly with mothers being especially disadvantaged.
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Christine MemmingerBarcelona

“I like to stay in control”
Lisa Baldwin is a bodyguard for high-profile clients

Nicole Kidman prefers one, J.K. Rowling and Diana Ross have one. Duchess Kate and even her husband Prince William. Not the same designer handbag - but a female bodyguard. Lisa Baldwin works in Ireland, Great Britain and beyond. 
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Mareike GraepelHaltern
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Disabilities without hinderance
Inclusion in Ukraine

In Ukraine, those with a disability are still being pushed to the margins of society. Young women in particular are pushing back and in so doing, they are creating a new generation of role models.
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Jasper SteinleinHamburg

Living Without Waste
One activist’s story on how to live the zero waste way

One year of trash in one little jar! How is that even possible? For the last three years, Shia Su has consistently lived waste-free and explains how to do it on her website and in her book. For her, it’s important to influence others by putting a positive spin on the so-called zero waste concept.
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Mareike GraepelHaltern

A Woman of God
The first female catholic priest in Latin America

As a child, Olga Lucía Álvarez would play pretend procession and reenact mass services with her siblings. Despite resistance from the official church in Rome, the 77-year-old Colombian woman was ordained the first female catholic priest and bishop in Latin America.
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Katharina WojczenkoBogota

Sisters of Europe

Sisters of Europe is a thrilling new project that empowers and connects women across Europe through inspiring stories from 17 countries, four public Agoras in Berlin, Paris, Warsaw and Athens and a political action.
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Prune AntoineBerlin

Questions of fertility mean everything and nothing
Egg donations for women on the path to motherhood

Artificial insemination by a female egg donation is banned in Germany. For Rita Vassena and her team in Barcelona, it is routine. Many German women come to her clinic looking for help, women who are otherwise not able to become mothers.
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Christine MemmingerBarcelona
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A small farmer vs. the large corporation
Mega mining in Northern Peru

Máxima Acuña de Chaupe from Cajamarca in Peru has been fighting for years against the Yanacocha gold mine because its owner wants to buy the land on which the indigenous smallholder lives. Despite all the threats from the mining company, she is still holding on to her piece of land. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for her resistance.
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Eva TempelmannMünster / Lima

Comments and Cat Videos
The EU parliament and their social media team

Who responds to messages when someone writes the European parliament on Facebook? Karolina Wozniak from Poland and her team. Europe as a topic is near and dear to her and communication is her passion.
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Franziska BroichBrüssel

Forthcoming over modesty
France’s topmost feminist

Marlène Schiappa is the secretary of state for equality, which on paper, makes her France’s highest-ranking feminist. Her main objective above all else is to fight against sexual harassment in public as well as improving the cohesiveness of family and career for women. These problems are near and dear to the 35-year-old who has experienced them herself.  
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Carolin KüterLyon

Fashion opens up new job opportunities
Used clothes from Europe no longer wanted

Starting end of 2018, it will no longer be permitted to import old clothes to East Africa. With this new development, countries in the region want to encourage their own textile industries. Seamstresses in Uganda are happy about the news. Through this, the fashion industry can provide more employment opportunities for women to be self-employed or to find work in factories.
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Simone SchlindweinKampala

The tightrope walker
About the fight for women's rights in Afghanistan

Bahar Sohaili was the most courageous women's rights activist in Afghanistan. After massive threats from conservatives, she had to give up her job. Out of consideration for her family, she no longer speaks out as vocal as before.
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Veronika EschbacherWien
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Between Oppression and Freedom
Women in Saudi Arabia

Women in Saudi Arabia will be granted more rights in the future. The sudden change of rhetoric of crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman is driven by economic interests, but this is of little importance to women. They are happy to have more freedoms, and the startup “Glowork” is ready to help them.
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Virginia KirstRom
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The Queen of Skiing from Bamiyan
Afghan women discover winter sports

Fatima Nazari is the fastest skier in Afghanistan. She has won the “Afghan Ski Challenge” twice now in the Bamiyan province. The path that brought her to this point, and her goal to take part in the Olympics, was and still is challenging. In her hometown at the base of the Hindu Kusch mountain range, skiing is still in its early stages with basic infrastructure lacking such as ski lifts and groomed trails. Moreover, the financial funding for professional sports is extremely difficult to come by.
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Veronika EschbacherWien
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“The Revolution Has Helped the Women”
Women’s Rights in Egypt

Egyptian women's rights activist, author and movie maker Alexandria Kinias (53) grew up in Cairo. Today she lives in the U.S. Two years ago she founded the online magazine "Women of Egypt" to open the debate about sensitive women's rights issues and to give young women a voice. 
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Mareike EnghusenTel Aviv
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Let more women make our films!
Why women in front of and behind the camera are demanding a quota

Film and television shape our worldview. However, the stories and pictures are often loaded with stereotypes. Recent studies show that women in movies have little say in their own profession. In Germany, a new initiative is emerging that aims for more equality and a 50 percent quota in all German film industries.
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Helen HeckerPalermo

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