women’s rights

Since 2016, the campaign to leave the European Union has been led primarily by men. The remaining candidates for prime minister are all male—and they're not talking about the grave consequences of Brexit for women.

The administration’s hard-line anti-abortion stance is undermining women’s rights and U.S. development aid around the world, critics say.

On the podcast: A look back at the vote in Ireland that ended the abortion ban.

France is the latest country to pledge allegiance to a gendered international focus. Will it work?

The latest refugees from the kingdom fled to Tbilisi, Georgia, and spoke to Foreign Policy before seeking asylum in the West.

This time it’s a G-7 joint statement ahead of a meeting of national leaders in August.

Access to employment and education are local priorities. Here’s how the West can work with the Taliban to ensure those rights.

They helped propel Armenia’s Velvet Revolution. Now, they’re turning their attention to diplomacy with Azerbaijan.

The Burning Sun investigation has exposed horrors against women—and men getting away with it.

From Khartoum to Warsaw, demonstrators are demanding basic equality while the Trump administration wages a war on women’s rights.

In an internal document, Trump officials threatened to reject an anti-rape measure over language on sexual and reproductive health.

Netflix’s hit show Delhi Crime documents the changes rocking Indian society—and not all of them are good.

From Poland to Iceland, citizens’ groups are taking matters into their own hands and bringing about genuine political change from outside the party system.

Tough but torn, Kelley Eckels Currie must find a way to balance her loyalties.

Celebrities’ crimes are pushing South Korea’s reckoning with misogyny.

Internal documents show how the U.S. works to stymie progress on women’s health, cultural issues, and climate change.

This week, the world marked International Women’s Day, and the U.S. State Department canceled an award for a Finnish journalist who criticized Trump.

On the podcast: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on how to give women a voice in an arena dominated by men.

In countries around the world, progress defies the backlash.

While Western activists defend the right of Muslims to wear the veil, Iranian women are fighting for a bigger cause: choice.