Despite domestic setbacks, the movement will continue to shape foreign policy around the world.
Britain and the United States overthrew the country’s last democratic government. Supporting pro-democracy protesters is an opportunity for redemption.
Four decades of repression and segregation have sparked a protest movement led by women that threatens the Islamic Republic and inspires the world.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emboldened the morality police to bolster his wobbly administration. The opposite has happened.
On the International Day of the Girl Child, it’s time to rethink how the United States considers the global status of women.
Workers report sexual coercion and poor conditions at the Hawassa Industrial Park.
A year after the Taliban takeover, women took to the streets defiantly to demand bread, work, and freedom.
Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.
A new Amnesty report lays out the Taliban playbook for erasing half the population: electrocutions, beatings, detentions, and disappearances.
Alleged assaults by musicians have sparked a larger conversation on gender violence in the country.
In a country where one woman dies every two days from a botched abortion, the internet is sometimes the only option.
The decision is part of a broader trend of domestic dysfunction that undermines U.S. President Joe Biden’s democracy agenda.
Global anti-abortion activists have waved off criticism by pointing to their support for LGBTQ rights. But U.S. conservatives may be too extreme for that tactic.
Almost 50 years ago, the United States liberalized abortion laws, and the world followed suit. Today, it joins Iran, North Korea, and Russia in rolling back reproductive rights.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues into 2023, the weather will have an important impact. Ukrainians, of course, are more vulnerable than usual to power outages and energy shocks. But Rus...Show more
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely the most popular elected leader in the world. No other politician has won so many votes in history. Few other incumbent leaders around the world...Show more
Europe’s top climate negotiator, Frans Timmermans, says the goal of 1.5 degrees is on ‘life support’. Where does this leave the fight against climate change? How will Brussels ...Show more
Beijing’s massive expansion of state media hasn’t quite worked as planned. But watch out for Xinhua’s growing global deals.
Europeans consider vast U.S. subsidies for cars, clean energy, and semiconductors a danger to their economies.
You can’t lay a string of pearls if you can’t get full access.
What a difference a war makes.
