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Inside the U.S. decision to get behind Congo’s election and how the United States failed Afghan women.

What India can show the United States about how to disrupt rape culture.

On the podcast: Ambassador Prudence Bushnell survived the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya. Now she tells her story.

On the podcast: Masih Alinejad took off her headscarf and started a movement.

If you want to form a more perfect union, in Syria or elsewhere, you can’t rely on men.

Egyptian authorities are using a "debauchery" law to justify a crackdown on gay and trans people.

Men in positions of power need to do better. That includes me.

I signed the letter, but didn’t think I deserved to be called a “survivor.” Until I started remembering the trail of abuse.

The Communist Party wants to blame Hollywood and "loose women," instead of acknowledging its own epidemic levels of sexual assault.

The country's gender gap has left young men desperate for high-tech alternatives.

CIA insiders worry reforms pushed by Brennan are languishing in his absence.

More women are running for office than ever before in the East African country, but the backlash has been fierce and bloody.

The ambitious plan to remake the Saudi economy is the brainchild of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. But does he have what it takes to upend his country?

It has taken less than a month for the “Marines United” revenge porn story to fade.

From Poland’s “Black Monday” strike to women shedding the compulsory hijab on social media, there is power in sisterhood and solidarity.

Lilianne Ploumen’s bold, brave act could be the start of a concerted backlash against Washington.

Women have gotten screwed for millennia, and that’s not a legacy that can be shaken off in a few short decades.

In the not-so-distant future, artificial intelligence will be smarter than humans. But as the technology develops, absorbing cultural norms from its creators and the internet, it will also be more racist, sexist, and unfriendly to women.

The U.N. struggles to practice what it preaches on women's empowerment. Can the new secretary-general break the institution's glass ceiling?

The U.N. caught itself in a not very wonderful PR battle as it slips on institutional gender parity.