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Shining a light
Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood’s prescient science fiction has made her an icon of modern dissent.
Outside, looking in
After 15 years in exile, the award-winning actress and film-maker speaks out about Iran’s ‘corrupt’ government.
Politics
Lybia's tourism minister, elections in the Northern Cyprus and Mumbai puts women on traffic lights.
Downward trend
Killer heels, once status symbols, are now conspicuously absent from fashion-show front rows (and runways). How did they become out of step with the modern world?
Light in the dark
Henriette Reker, Köln's new mayor, was stabbed before her election. Weeks later, hundreds of women were assaulted. At a time of unrest, can she give the city a glimmer of hope?
Africa/Middle East
In a show of girl power, Egyptian women are fighting back against the gropers who plague the region: self-defence and karate classes for women are becoming increasingly popular.
