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Fashion
Downward trend
Killer heels, once status symbols, are now conspicuously absent from fashion-show front rows (and runways). How did they become out of step with the modern world?
Affairs
Europe
The elegant style of the IMF's managing director, earthquake fears in Bulgaria and an interview with the leader of a new feminist political party in Sweden.
Affairs
Bedroom renegade
Shobhaa De’s novels and socialite lifestyle enthrall and infuriate India. Critics call her books trashy, but supporters say she has done much to get a conservative nation talking about sex and feminism.
Society
Mrs Dynamite
Oumou Sangaré sings from the heart about pain, poverty and polygamy. Her feminist lyrics and political stance have made her a role-model for women in Mali and across Africa.
