Now playing Next world news Japanese medical school apologises for marking down female entrance candidates Tokyo Medical University has apologised after admitting it has been marking female candidates down for over a decade. Many in the country worry that female doctors will take time off for maternity leave, and create a doctor shortage. 09/08/2018
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Now playing Next no comment Australia: Ginger Pride Rally celebrates beauty of redheads After years of being on the receiving end of insults, nicknames and jokes, thousands of redheads took to the streets of Melbourne to proclaim their ginger pride. 03/05/2017
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Now playing Next Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia launches girls' council, without the girls Feminists would have likely given full marks for theory, but zero for practice. 14/03/2017
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