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July 5, 2019
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They're diverse in age, professional background and politics, but they all agree on one thing: It's time for a woman President. Check out Vogue's new feature ([link removed]) on the women who are challenging our notion of what a presidential election looks like.

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The U.S women’s soccer players have already earned $90,000 each in bonuses heading into the Women’s World Cup finals, but that number would be six times larger if it were the men’s national team. - Quartz ([link removed])

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Do companies' diversity efforts reflect the experiences of women of color? "While many white women have made gains in the American workplace, the gains for women of color haven’t been nearly as significant." - Harvard Business Review ([link removed])

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The Trump administration's foreign aid policies, specifically reinstating the Global Gag Rule, is estimated to lead to 1.8 million unintended pregnancies, 600,000 unsafe abortions, and 4,6000 maternal deaths globally. - NBC News ([link removed])

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It has been a decade since the Indian Parliament passed the Right to Education Act. So why aren't girls still not able to go to school? - TIME ([link removed])

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Read an opinion piece ([link removed]) about the state of abortion in the U.S. "Across the United States, pregnant women’s lives, rights and dignity matter less and less."

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WATCH: Jayna Ledford shares her story of being a trans woman in ballet. She has faced hardships and adversity as ballet conforms to traditional gender roles, causing her to lose scholarships and be turned down from dance studios.

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