Women's Rights Face Daunting New Year Worldwide, Activists Warn

Women's rights face enormous challenges worldwide in 2017, according to activists, who expect fights to keep health clinics open, to save programs preventing unwanted pregnancies and to enforce laws protecting women from violence. Globally, women's rights are in the crosshairs of rising isolationism and right-wing politics in Western Europe and the United States, where President-elect Donald Trump has promised to unravel an array of policies. "There are major challenges...

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