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A scene from the documentary 'Heroic Bodies,' a history of Sudanese women's repression and revolution.

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Director Sara Suleiman has not flinched from showing a history suffering and exploitation, but the rare and dazzling quality of this documentary is its all-pervading sense of hope and optimism

Areej Jamal 19 August 2024

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Does AI help women or simply widen the gender gap?

Artificial Intelligence is helping human endeavour in all manner of fields but the technology is no longer in its infancy and should be equalising imbalances, not accentuating them.

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President of Spain Pedro Sanchez, center bottom, addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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Thousands of women participate in 'Women's March for Bread and Roses' in central London as part of global protest taking place in 30 countries around the world. (Getty)

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