List of Sex and Gender articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Founding Mothers?
Many Iraqi women are defying cultural conservatives and danger outside their doors to participate in Iraq's incipient government and civil society. Here are some who are taking the risk.
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Iraq’s Excluded Women
Building democracy in Iraq will prove impossible without immediate leadership from the country's forsaken majority: its women. But while the Bush administration trumpets women's rights in the Middle East, it neglects to back words with action. The failure to empower women would condemn Iraq to the fate of its Arab neighbors -- autocracy, economic stagnation, and social malaise.
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The Kingdoms Clock
If Saudi Arabia's new king is to stem the Islamist extremism that continues to inspire violence inside and outside his kingdom, he must quickly push reforms that will outlast his inevitably short reign. It's a race against the clock. At 82 years old, King Abdullah's time is already running out.
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The Second Sex
The world's most important body has yet to recognize the world's most important struggle: the fight for women's rights.
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What America Must Do: A Woman’s Worth
Without spending a dime, the next president can single-handedly lift half of the world.