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Peru's new President Dina Boluarte, accompanied by commanders of the Armed Forces, takes part in a ceremony to commemorate the Peruvian Army Day at the esplanade of the Army's headquarters in Lima, on Dec. 9, 2022.
Peru's new President Dina Boluarte, accompanied by commanders of the Armed Forces, takes part in a ceremony to commemorate the Peruvian Army Day at the esplanade of the Army's headquarters in Lima, on Dec. 9, 2022.

Peru’s First Female President Has Blood on Her Hands

Dina Boluarte’s term started late last year with plenty of promise—and immediately began to unravel.

Afghan women wait to receive food aid.
Afghan women wait to receive food aid.

The Taliban Have Turned Afghanistan Into a Graveyard of Women’s Rights

The Taliban are marking International Women’s Day with an ever-worsening cascade of abuses against women.

A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks past as a U.S. soldier belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch during a patrol outside Bagram airbase, 50 kilometers north of Kabul on February 28, 2009.
A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks past as a U.S. soldier belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch during a patrol outside Bagram airbase, 50 kilometers north of Kabul on February 28, 2009.

America Is Again Failing Afghanistan’s Women—and Itself

The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.

A Thai sex worker voices disapproval for being detained while waiting to be taken to the police station in Pattaya, Thailand.
A Thai sex worker voices disapproval for being detained while waiting to be taken to the police station in Pattaya, Thailand.

Thailand Is a Global Capital of (Illegal) Sex Work

The country is struggling to legalize an industry at the center of its economy but the margins of its society.

A woman gives the middle finger to destroyed Russian tank exhibited in Kyiv
A woman gives the middle finger to destroyed Russian tank exhibited in Kyiv

Ukrainian Women’s Looks Are None of Your Business

Fetishizing femininity has complicated and painful post-Soviet roots.

Mahbouba Seraj, a journalist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
Mahbouba Seraj, a journalist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.

A Nobel Nominee’s Controversial Call for Engagement With the Taliban

Mahbouba Seraj, a rights activist and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, says there’s no choice now but to talk to Afghanistan’s new rulers.

An Indigenous woman stands in her spare kitchen in Jhargram, West Bengal, India.
An Indigenous woman stands in her spare kitchen in Jhargram, West Bengal, India.

The Gender Hunger Gap Is Real—and Getting Worse

Under climate change, women will increasingly be forced to eat less than men.

Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran.
Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran.

Iran’s Revolutionary Year

Why Iran’s Gen Z is protesting, and why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps won’t back down. These articles explain Tehran’s difficult 2022.

A protester holds a photograph of Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran’s so-called morality police, during a protest in Trafalgar Square in London.
A protester holds a photograph of Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran’s so-called morality police, during a protest in Trafalgar Square in London.

How Women Changed the World This Year

From Colombia to Iran, feminism is an increasingly unstoppable force.

A tailoring workshop in Lome, Togo in September 2016.
A tailoring workshop in Lome, Togo in September 2016.

To Tackle Poverty in Africa, Provide Job Training for Teenage Girls

Skills training programs must target those under age 18 to reduce adolescent birth rates and unemployment.

A worker from Nepal looks out from the window of his room at a private camp housing foreign workers in Doha, on May 3, 2015.
A worker from Nepal looks out from the window of his room at a private camp housing foreign workers in Doha, on May 3, 2015.

Qatar’s World Cup Legacy Is Stranded Worker Widows

The World Cup is ending, but trouble is far from over for the families of guest workers.

Protesters take part in a Women’s March in Stockholm.
Protesters take part in a Women’s March in Stockholm.

Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy Can’t Be Undone

Despite domestic setbacks, the movement will continue to shape foreign policy around the world.

Protesters gather in London on Oct. 1 in solidarity with people protesting across Iran.
Protesters gather in London on Oct. 1 in solidarity with people protesting across Iran.

A Chance to Be on Right Side of History in Iran

Britain and the United States overthrew the country’s last democratic government. Supporting pro-democracy protesters is an opportunity for redemption.

An Iranian woman walks past a covered shop window in Tehran.
An Iranian woman walks past a covered shop window in Tehran.

How Misogyny Imperiled Iran’s Regime

Four decades of repression and segregation have sparked a protest movement led by women that threatens the Islamic Republic and inspires the world.

A poster of Raisi's face lies on the ground with footprints across it.
A poster of Raisi's face lies on the ground with footprints across it.

Iran’s Hijab Protests Are of Raisi’s Own Making

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emboldened the morality police to bolster his wobbly administration. The opposite has happened.

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