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The Problem With Coverage of Women in War

Stereotypes “permit and exacerbate conflict,” experts say.

By , the executive editor at Foreign Policy.
Women and children from Ukraine, including a mother carrying an infant, arrive at the Medyka border crossing near Medyka, Poland, on March 4.
Women and children from Ukraine, including a mother carrying an infant, arrive at the Medyka border crossing near Medyka, Poland, on March 4.
Women and children from Ukraine, including a mother carrying an infant, arrive at the Medyka border crossing near Medyka, Poland, on March 4. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Russia’s War in Ukraine

What does Western media miss in covering conflicts, and how are women impacted as a result? To answer these questions, all the more urgent as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, I spoke to former Afghan ambassador to the United States Roya Rahmani and Xanthe Scharff, CEO of the Fuller Project.

Amelia Lester is the executive editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @ThatAmelia

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