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Teen Fashionista Focuses on Adaptive Designs

By Delaina Parrish ● Culture ● September 7, 2016

When trying on her original fashion designs became a hassle, Delaina Parrish turned her attention toward strategic designs that would make clothing more accessible for girls with unique bodies and abilities. This story is part of Teen Voices’ Girl Fuse series, featuring stories by and about girls with disabilities.

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Teen with Cerebral Palsy Finds Acceptance in LGBTQ+ Community

By Megan Fry ● Culture ● August 17, 2016

As a bisexual teen with cerebral palsy, Megan Fry had a hard time fitting in until she joined her school’s Gay Straight Alliance. This story is part of Teen Voices’ Girl Fuse series, featuring stories by and about girls with disabilities.

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Teen Calls Out Ableism as Discrimination

By Anna Landre ● Culture ● July 20, 2016

Teen Anna Landre has felt more discrimination from ableism than from sexism. This story is part of Teen Voices’ Girl Fuse series, featuring stories by and about girls with disabilities.

Hollywood Actresses Embrace a Movie Starring the E.R.A.

By Kimberly Jane Tan & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● April 11, 2016

The Equal Rights Amendment has been hanging around since 1923 and, politically speaking, often gathering dust. But Hollywood stars are reaching for it now as a tool for their own discrimination battles and to join a broader sisterhood.

These Indian women said they could protect their local forests better than the men in their village. The men agreed.

By Sam Eaton & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● April 3, 2016

Even the monsoon rains don’t keep the women of Ghunduribadi, a tiny tribal village in India’s eastern state of Odisha, from patrolling the nearby forest at dawn.

Why are researchers missing signs of autism in girls?

By Dana Roberson, Todd Zwillich & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 27, 2016

One in every 68 children born in the United States is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Boys are supposedly four times more likely to have the condition, but clinicians often miss or overlook symptoms in girls, who are frequently on the less disabling end of the spectrum.

India’s condom showrooms: Where women can talk freely about sex and health

By Chryselle D’Silva Dias & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 26, 2016

The Moods Planet condom store is set on one of Panaji’s busiest streets. Buffered by a motorcycle repair shop on one side and a jeweler on the other, this brightly lit store with its distinctive logo — the shapely ‘o’s of Moods intertwined — seems incongruous.

A feminist music festival in Chile wants to challenge Latin America’s sexy, submissive ideal of women

By Maria Murriel & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 20, 2016

At this year’s Viña del Mar festival, in Chile last month, the festival queen took a dive into a pool, covered only in rose petals, surrounded by fans and photographers.

Female game-changers in a field bent out of shape

By Caitlin Davis Fisher & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 19, 2016

The world’s soccer body just held its presidential elections, but it’s a distant pipe dream that a new president will do much to fix what has bent the “beautiful game” so badly out of shape.

How Maasai women in Kenya are helping to make your cosmetics

By PRI's The World & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● December 29, 2015

It’s a day-long drive from Kenya’s capital Nairobi to Twala in Laikipia County. The last 50 miles is along a dusty road, and then you arrive at the farm of the Twala Cultural Manyatta. It’s oasis-like, and the moment you enter the gate, the fresh smell of greenery strikes a contrast with the aridity you leave behind.