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Liberia’s FaithVonic: making music to overcome tragedy

We spoke to Liberian artist FaithVonic about music as a creative coping mechanism and how she uses her platform to make sure women know their rights.

Earth News

Is climate change literally a man-made disaster?

Several studies have suggested that when it comes to being environmentally conscious, there is a green gender gap.

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Podcast | The women who redefined the frontline in Liberia's civil war

Liberia had been in a spiral of violence, hunger and death for more than a decade when the country's women said enough was enough and united to end the war. #CryLikeaBoy

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Strong men get tested, says Lesotho teen activist born with HIV

Lehloebi tested positive at the age of five. Fearing discrimination, his family never told him he lived with HIV. After Lohloebi learned about his status, he started a campaign to help men in Lesotho to seek help and fight stigma.

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Switzerland

Swiss unions call for women's general strike over pension reform plans

Trade unions say plans to increase the women's retirement age in Switzerland will deepen inequalities in the country, where women earn on average 20 percent less than men.

Europe News

Should transportation subsidies take into account gender inequality?

Gender gaps in pay and employment, together with an unequal division of household talks, leads to different travel patterns between men and women.

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Critical reflections on the everyday processes of ‘becoming a man’

Dr Amon Ashaba Mwiine, lecturer at the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, focuses on the everyday processes of ‘becoming a man’ in Uganda #CryLikeaBoy

Europe

100 days since Poland banned abortion, Polish women are fighting back

Polish women are fighting back against Poland's abortion ban. But they need the EU to help them, activists say

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Women who risk Europe’s migration routes face stigma back in Guinea

Fatoumata is one of the few Guinean women who took an irregular migration route to Europe. But when she had to return home, she faced a similar kind of stigma that follows men who fail on their migration journeys.

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Podcast | What happens to West African migrants in Europe

Some adventurers lose but some succeed. What is the price of this success? This is the story of 18-year-old Guinean Fana, who decided to cross the Mediterranean to get to Europe when he was just 12 years old.

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Podcast | The grim fate of migrants returning to Guinea

At 18, Mamadou Alpha went on a dangerous adventure from Guinea to cross several countries and the Meditteranean to get to Europe. But luck wasn’t on his side, he was forcefully returned home empty-handed. He now says this fate is worse than death.

Cry Like A Boy

Cry like a Boy: because being tough all the time hurts

From Burundi to Lesotho, travel with us to Africa to discover the stories of men suffering from pressure to fulfil traditional male roles, and those defying centuries of stereotypes. The hashtag is #CryLikeABoy

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Podcast | Growing up with absent fathers in the ghost of apartheid

What are the different forms of masculinity that live in South Africa nowadays? And what are the common challenges that overcome the heritage of segregation and apartheid? Join us in our latest #CryLikeABoy podcast episode.

World News

COVID-19 means closing global gender gap 'will take an extra 36 years'

It found that the pandemic has had a more negative impact on women than men. Not only have women lost their jobs at higher rates, but they are also being hired at a slower pace.

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The pandemic can change the domestic power balance | View

The coronavirus health crisis is triggering a whole new discussion on traditional gender roles within domestic walls: it's time to redraw their limits, reorganise tasks and cohabitation - argues an Italian feminist and philosopher for our podcast #CryLikeABoy

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Podcast | What can we learn from the men seeking friendship in mines

What are the positive forms of masculinities that emerge from the depths of South Africa’s abandoned gold mines? Listen to the new episode of our original podcast, #CryLikeABoy

Netherlands

Dutch election: Is online sexism holding women back from becoming MPs?

A recent study found 10% of all tweets at women on Dutch electoral lists contained hateful comments or sexist threats.

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Meet the man who stopped at nothing to feed his family in Lesotho

As part of its #CryLikeaBoy series, Euronews follows up the publication of two exclusive podcast documentaries with this video testimony that sheds a unique light on the plight of Lesotho's mining families.

Europe News

Companies to disclose wages to close gender pay gap under new EU plan

Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, presented proposals on Thursday on pay transparency to ensure that women and men in the EU get equal pay for equal work.

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Podcast | Left behind: plight of Lesotho's mining families

We look at the fate of mining families left behind by men working to provide for them.