List of Women’s Rights articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What ISIS Women Want
Western women who join the Islamic State aren’t victims who've been groomed or seduced by men. They’re committed jihadis in their own right.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 For Afghan Women, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
As the West packs up and heads home, women in Afghanistan are struggling for rights.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s New Renaissance
It’s time to let go of outmoded — and parochial — ideas about what “culture” and “civilization” in the Arab world is supposed to look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Landmark Women’s Rights Bill Could Decide Pakistan’s Future
In Punjab, the debate over a law protecting women from violence has become a test of the government's resolve against Islamism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Get Tenure (If You’re a Woman)
Seven peer-reviewed strategies female faculty can use to climb the ladder of academic success.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Colombia’s Pro-Lifers Are Objectively Pro-Zika
Colombia’s progressive abortion laws can stop the spread of Zika-linked microcephaly. But the conservative opposition has other plans.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sweden’s Foreign Minister Has No Time for Giggles
2015 Global Thinker Margot Wallström explains how she took on critics of her “feminist foreign policy"—and why gender equality is a matter of national security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Are men qualified to operate unmanned vehicles, especially in low-intensity ops?
That’s the implicit challenge in this comment by an Air Force colonel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Some reflections on being told by the guy at the base front gate that I should ‘smile’
It's one of those weeks. You know the kind.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Deadly Double Standard
2013 Global Thinker Gulalai Ismail and 2015 Global Thinker Leslee Udwin debate whether the patriarchal mindset so pervasive in South Asia can be reprogrammed—or if women must persevere in a rape culture.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 South African President Insults Women Ahead of International Women’s Day
South African President Jacob Zuma infuriated women this weekend when he said they took harassment too seriously.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Latest Musings of Ayatollah Khamenei, Feminist
In marking International Women's Day, Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has accused the West of objectifying women.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Top Pakistani Religious Body: Women’s Protection Law Is Un-Islamic
A Pakistani religious body called a new law designed to protect women from abuse "un-Islamic."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ending the Shame of Kosovo’s Rape Victims
Women sexually assaulted during Kosovo's war have been battling for recognition for nearly two decades. Now they’re on the brink of getting it – but to do so, they’ll have to overcome years of stigma.
