List of Women’s Rights articles
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Mahbouba Seraj, a journalist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan. A Nobel Nominee’s Controversial Call for Engagement With the Taliban
Mahbouba Seraj, a rights activist and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, says there’s no choice now but to talk to Afghanistan’s new rulers.
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Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran. Iran’s Revolutionary Year
Why Iran’s Gen Z is protesting, and why the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps won’t back down. These articles explain Tehran’s difficult 2022.
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A protester holds a photograph of Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran’s so-called morality police, during a protest in Trafalgar Square in London. How Women Changed the World This Year
From Colombia to Iran, feminism is an increasingly unstoppable force.
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A tailoring workshop in Lome, Togo in September 2016. To Tackle Poverty in Africa, Provide Job Training for Teenage Girls
Skills training programs must target those under age 18 to reduce adolescent birth rates and unemployment.
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A worker from Nepal looks out from the window of his room at a private camp housing foreign workers in Doha, on May 3, 2015. Qatar’s World Cup Legacy Is Stranded Worker Widows
The World Cup is ending, but trouble is far from over for the families of guest workers.
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Protesters take part in a Women’s March in Stockholm. Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy Can’t Be Undone
Despite domestic setbacks, the movement will continue to shape foreign policy around the world.
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Protesters gather in London on Oct. 1 in solidarity with people protesting across Iran. A Chance to Be on Right Side of History in Iran
Britain and the United States overthrew the country’s last democratic government. Supporting pro-democracy protesters is an opportunity for redemption.
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An Iranian woman walks past a covered shop window in Tehran. How Misogyny Imperiled Iran’s Regime
Four decades of repression and segregation have sparked a protest movement led by women that threatens the Islamic Republic and inspires the world.
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A poster of Raisi's face lies on the ground with footprints across it. Iran’s Hijab Protests Are of Raisi’s Own Making
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emboldened the morality police to bolster his wobbly administration. The opposite has happened.
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Girls attend class at a school in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sept. 24. Gender Policy Is Foreign Policy, Too
On the International Day of the Girl Child, it’s time to rethink how the United States considers the global status of women.
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Workers operate sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in southern Ethiopia. The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Export Boom
Workers report sexual coercion and poor conditions at the Hawassa Industrial Park.
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Afghan women hold placards as they march and shout slogans such as "Bread, work, freedom" during a women's rights protest in Kabul on Aug. 13. Taliban Mark a ‘Black Day’ for Afghanistan With More Violence Against Women
A year after the Taliban takeover, women took to the streets defiantly to demand bread, work, and freedom.
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Afghan women wait in front of a bank office in Kabul. ‘Afghan Women’ Aren’t Who You Think They Are
Western powers and donors created a category that consigned the women of Afghanistan to perpetual victimhood—while all parties instrumentalized them for political ends.
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Tafsir Siyaposh visits a friend in Kabul to discuss what can be done about the current situation of women in Afghanistan on June 2. Meet the Woman Who Makes the Taliban Squirm
Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.
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Women wearing burqas in Kabul Afghan Women Are Worse Off Than Ever
A new Amnesty report lays out the Taliban playbook for erasing half the population: electrocutions, beatings, detentions, and disappearances.
