Sex and Gender

The recent LGBTQ film tries to give life to the complications of queer desire. It falters.

Inside the worldwide fight for equality.

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.

Plus: Why the economy today reminds us of the 1970s—and why it doesn’t.

Automatically bundling equality and democracy has led to the rise of “genderwashing.”

Washington’s curtailment of reproductive rights at home and in U.S. foreign aid programs has historically had dramatic effects on women’s rights across the continent.

Hunger and poverty stalk the nation, but the Islamists want to disappear women from public life.

Many argue abortion is not just an issue of individual choice but also of social justice.

Since the Taliban takeover last August, members of the Afghan LGBTQ community have faced electrocution, torture, killings, and fear.

Homophobia is at the heart of Patriarch Kirill’s endorsement.

“The first living being to know that I am a gay was my pet parakeet.”

In the absence of Western support, their lives are in danger as they struggle to flee. 

A nonprofit’s grassroots data collection successfully pushed for a child marriage ban in Indonesia, a significant step to reduce female poverty.

Securing a good loan is challenging for many entrepreneurs, particularly women.

Stereotypes “permit and exacerbate conflict,” experts say.

We explore why some microfinance practices work really well while others fall short.

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.

What a daughter’s inheritance fight reveals about Kenya’s constitutional reforms, which aimed to provide equal land access between men and women.

Ukrainian women are at the center of the war—but too often at the margins of public imagination.