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.
While American mothers can’t find enough formula, a new WHO report details why parents are getting too much in other parts of the world.
Automatically bundling equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing.”
In the absence of Western support, their lives are in danger as they struggle to flee.
Stereotypes “permit and exacerbate conflict,” experts say.
The sudden about-face could undercut the Taliban’s hopes for international recognition.
The Taliban are using detentions, repression, censorship, and killings to tighten their grip on power.
Ukrainian women are at the center of the war—but too often at the margins of public imagination.
In her role as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power is often thrust into the forefront of some of the world’s biggest crises. From working to ensu...Show more
Last summer, the United States decided to end its longest war. But just days after the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan, Kabul fell—and the Taliban took control of the country. Aug....Show more
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Beijing’s ambitions are about to crash into its problems.
Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.
As debt burdens worsen, all eyes are on the IMF.
As China postures, Washington remains committed.
