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Afghan women call for rights, protest alleged Taliban killings

A crowd of women has marched through the Afghan capital calling for women’s rights to be respected and accusing Taliban authorities of covertly…

'No one is going to believe you' When the RCMP abuses Indigenous women and girls

In this six-part series, Al Jazeera tells the stories of some of the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered along an infamous…

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn (1501  -1536) – Second wife to Henry VIII, subsequently beheaded. To marry Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII had to break with Rome and…

Eva Peron

Eva Peron served as Argentina’s First lady from 1946 to 1952.  Eva Peron or ‘Evita’ became a powerful political figure with…

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical…

Katharine Hepburn

Early Life Katharine Hepburn

  Katharine Hepburn was born on 12 May, in Hartford, Connecticut, US. Her mother, Katharine Martha Haughton was a…

Raisa Gorbachev

Raisa Gorbachev  Russian political activist and humanitarian who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. She raised funds for the preservation…

Emily Bronte

Short Bio Of Emily Bronte

  Emily Bronte was born 30 July 1818 in Thornton, Near Bradford in Yorkshire.

She was the fifth of six children,…