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Femicides in Mexico Reach Record High in August

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Between July and August, the number of gender-based murders of women in Mexico increased 57.3 percent, to a record total of 107 femicides, according to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP). The August femicides represent the highest number since records first began to be kept in Mexico in 2015, the

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United Nations: Covid-19 Will Push 47 Million More Women into Poverty

XINHUA The coronavirus pandemic and its fallout will likely push 47 million more women into poverty, reversing decades of progress to eradicate extreme poverty, new data released  by the United Nations on Wednesday, Sept. 2, revealed. The study, commissioned by UN Women and the UN Development Program (UNDP), points to a 9.1 percent increase in the poverty rate for women.

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United Nations Urges Swift Action to Address Violence against Women during Pandemic

XINHUA Governments across the world must act urgently to prevent and tackle the rising rates of violence against women and girls during the covid-19 crisis, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said Friday, May 22. The UNDP said that, given a rise in femicides and assaults on women, all governments must how put “stronger measures in place,” such as designating

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The Michelangelo of Facial Sculpting

Photo: biiang.com By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS What are the features that make a woman feminine and a man masculine? Certainly, body structure and form – along with genitals – define a person’s sexuality and gender. But it is our unique facial features, our individual physiognomy, that gives each of us our most important sexual identity with which we confront the outside

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