How Women Could Help the Syrian Peace Talks Succeed

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1. Put women at the negotiating table if you want Syrian peace talks to succeed.

By Matthew Rycroft and Swanee Hunt in Defense One

2. Could Vietnam be the world’s next Silicon Valley?

By Vivienne Nunis at BBC News

3. This is the single worst public policy mistake America can make, and we keep making it.

By Jared Bernstein in the Washington Post

4. To combat harassment and worse, this Indian state has women-only and transgender-only taxis.

By Nidhi Prakash in Fusion

5. With this unorthodox move, doctors are trying to boost the immunity of C-section babies.

By Rob Stein at NPR

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