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Women's News: Report Finds 200M Women Underwent FGM

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  February 13, 2016: Report finds 200 million in 30 countries have undergone female genital mutilation; Yazidi women freed form sexual slavery join Peshmerga forces to liberate Mosul; Carly Fiorina drops out of presidential race; Hillary Clinton debates Bernie Sanders and older feminists criticize young women for supporting Sanders; Fairy Godboss offers anonymous rankings on companies' family friendly policies; two women U.S. suffer miscarriages from Zika virus and at least 5,000 Colombian women infected; study finds code written by women gets higher rankings if their gender is disguised ;all-female crew in India plans circumnavigation of globe; Indian court rules Hindu women can be legal head of household; abortion bills fail in New Mexico Legislature; One Billion Rising events planned for V-Day.

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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