women’s rights

Superficial reforms leave religious minorities behind—and that's dangerous.

Why the region says yes to same-sex marriage and no to abortion.

Female members of Imran Khan’s party claim that Pakistan’s new leader has their interests at heart. Does he?

Russia could have done something to prevent sexual exploitation of foreign women during the World Cup. It chose not to.

A new act gives more maternity leave — and reinforces the same old patriarchal values.

Anti-abortion activists are deploying every imaginable scare tactic to defeat a referendum that would grant Irish women the right to choose.

Why #MeToo skipped Russia.

Leaked reports reveal the organization's faulty forensics on sexual misconduct — and the culture of impunity they produce.

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.

Wary of creeping international law, U.S. diplomats fight a rearguard action to limit the scope of two U.N. resolutions on women and children.

In Putin’s Russia, discussion of sexual harassment and domestic violence are largely taboo.

How Saudi women finally grabbed the wheel from the country's religious conservatives.

The country may have lifted its driving ban, but it still has a long way to go.

The degradation of women in the military reflected by the Marines United scandal is not just a women’s rights issue but a national security concern.

Don’t be fooled by talk of women's empowerment. His white, male, chauvinistic administration is setting equality back decades — and making the world a more dangerous place.

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

The policy that plucks U.S. dollars from any international health care initiative tied to abortion has been reinstated by President Trump — and a lot of African women are going to die as a result.

Where — and how — legal systems around the world permit violence against women.

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