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Liechtenstein has announced that it has changed royal succession rules to allow women to ascend the throne. The declaration was made on the national day of the central European country, which has a population of just 44,000. Liechtenstein’s current ruler, Prince Hans-Adam II, has been the head of their royal family since 1989. The rule
If there is a note of frustration in her, it surfaces around the question of who gets to write at all. Nyathi wanted to be a writer from childhood, but her parents pushed her towards a more traditional profession. She worked in finance for almost two decades and says her time as an investment analyst
Afghanistan is currently the only country in the world where girls are officially banned from secondary and higher education. Shakiba recounted that “15 August, when the government fell, was the worst and most painful day of my life. “Every year when this date comes I feel as if an old wound opens again and a
Girls return home from school in Fayzabad, Afghanistan. Girls are allowed to go to primary school until they are 11 or 12 years old, but are barred from secondary school and university.Credit: Omer Abrar/AFP/Getty This week marks five years since the Taliban marched back into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. It is nearly four years since girls
Zoe Saldaña is growing frustrated with political questions, mainly because she doesn’t find them being asked in equal measure across the industry. The Oscar winner said during a conversation at the Locarno Film Festival that she often participates in Q&As because she is eager to talk about the craft of acting. However, Saldaña keeps finding