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Afghan women walk alongside a road.

Afghan women walk alongside a road.

Afghanistan: Women become 'invisible' under Taliban

Afghanistan: Women become 'invisible' under Taliban

Since 2021, Taliban leaders have issued numerous decrees preventing women and girls from taking part in public life.

Poverty-stricken Pakistani parents send children to work. A boy is seen here working with metal tools.

Poverty-stricken Pakistani parents send children to work. A boy is seen here working with metal tools.

Pakistan struggles with education emergency

Pakistan struggles with education emergency

Pakistan has one of the world's highest rates of children out of school — over a third don't attend classes.

Demonstrators hold up signs at night against martial law

Demonstrators hold up signs at night against martial law

Women at the forefront of South Korea's martial law protests

Women at the forefront of South Korea's martial law protests

Women have been expected to stay out of politics in South Korea but younger generations are bucking the trend.

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Female worker sews jeans at the Emba convection factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Female worker sews jeans at the Emba convection factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Women in Indonesia's textile industry seek more rights

Unrealistic targets and power imbalances lead to daily, often unnoticed, struggles for many female workers.

A man works behind a computer inside a recording studio as one woman talks to another woman in front of a green screen

A man works behind a computer inside a recording studio as one woman talks to another woman in front of a green screen

Exiled journalist produces TV for women in Afghanistan

For many Afghan women Begum TV is the only link to the outside world, as the Taliban clamps down on women's rights.

A woman stands in front of a piece of the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall.

A woman stands in front of a piece of the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall.

Segments of Berlin Wall — 35 years after fall

The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. A DW team went looking for still-standing segments of the structure.