Where the Taxis Are Motorcycles, and the Drivers Are Women

Where the Taxis Are Motorcycles, and the Drivers Are Women

When her three children didn’t have enough to eat, Monica Atieno decided to apply for a job through a new program that was recruiting women to become motorcycle taxi drivers — a profession long dominated by men. At first, she kept her plan a secret from her husband, who was …

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Carol Downer, Feminist Leader in Women’s Health, Dies at 91

Carol Downer, Feminist Leader in Women’s Health, Dies at 91

Carol Downer, a leader in the feminist women’s health movement who drew national fame for her role in a case known as the Great Yogurt Conspiracy — so named because she was charged with practicing medicine without a license for dispensing yogurt to treat a yeast infection — died on …

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Bertrand Blier, Acclaimed Director of Sexually Blunt Films, Dies at 85

Bertrand Blier, Acclaimed Director of Sexually Blunt Films, Dies at 85

Bertrand Blier, an acclaimed director whose films scandalized, captivated and entertained 1970s and ’80s France with their sometimes brutal projections of French men’s sexual imaginations, died on Monday at his home in Paris. He was 85. His death was confirmed by his son Léonard Blier. For two decades Mr. Blier …

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Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are dying of some cancers at rates two to three times higher than those among …

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