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Sophia, a robot integrating the latest technologies and artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics is pictured during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland Jun

Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?

Technology

Last week, during a high-profile financial summit in Riyadh, a robot called Sophia was granted Saudi citizenship. A publicity stunt, according to some analysts, but what does it actually mean to give a robot citizenship?

The league of extraordinary worldly women

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Reporting Sweden’s transgender sterilization law

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A new GlobalPost blog: RIGHTS

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The woman who couldn’t be here

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At the third annual Women in the World forum, Egyptian “virginity test” challenger Samira Ibrahim speaks from afar.

Afghan woman joins patriarchy from under a turban

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Dressing as a man has helped this female tribal leader rise to power.

Panel: Next generation of women needs to step it up on the corporate ladder

Conflict

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The hidden feminine side of Egypt’s revolution

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Even the male-dominated Muslim Brotherhood has women in powerful places, though government is more bereft of women now than under Mubarak.

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