Women’s Rights

The country’s rural Dalits are already exploited—and know it can get worse.

Two decades of progress are threatened by the Taliban return—and a hasty U.S. exit.

Biden’s push for gender equality is a huge change from Trump, but experts stop short of calling it a feminist foreign policy.

Switzerland’s crackdown on Islamic symbols is normalizing anti-Muslim bigotry across the political spectrum.

A member of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group has been convicted of crimes against humanity, but the survivors are still struggling to pull their lives together.

The number of women in elected office is on the rise, but that hasn’t necessarily translated into more power.

What the harrowing saga of a Dubai princess reveals about her country’s international reputation.

“You Don’t Belong Here” celebrates three trailblazers who cleared the way for generations of female journalists.

“The Daughters of Kobani” chronicles the female Kurdish fighters who battled terrorists, fought for equality, and then got stabbed in the back.

Activists built on years of organizing to achieve a groundbreaking gender-parity requirement in the upcoming drafting process.

Pre-modern European power was grounded in marriage and childbirth, not just conflict.

Somalis are having the wrong national dialogue.

From the household to the national stage, women play crucial roles in global health systems. Governments should adopt inclusive strategies before another crisis strikes.

U.S. conservatives have forged dangerous ties on abortion with reactionaries abroad.

The Biden administration must move beyond superficial inclusion and actively promote gender equality globally while seeking to reverse the harm done in the name of forever wars.

Instead of talking about “binders full of women,” the new president has appointed several key female leaders in the national security agencies—but the U.S. government is still a long way from gender parity.

Women who accuse men of sexual assault have faced backlash, high-profile defamation lawsuits, and even retaliatory police investigations.

A woman was passed over to lead the Pentagon—but it’s the entire country that’s missing out.

How the Pashtun Protection Movement became a release valve for women’s anger.