
Washington helped start an epidemic of violence against women in Central America. Now it’s washing its hands of the problem.
How a Miami Judge Pioneered a New Way of Handling Minor Human Trafficking Cases
Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesias established the GRACE Court, one of the first trauma-informed courts for juvenile survivors of human trafficking.
‘The Ones Nobody Misses’: Scope of Human Trafficking in Alabama Wider than Reported, Experts Say
Human trafficking is deeply misunderstood, and misconceptions allow traffickers to operate unnoticed—and often in plain sight.
Claira’s story: A ‘Broken, Normal’ Woman Preyed Upon by ‘Life’
More than 200 cases of sex or labor trafficking have been reported from Alabama to the national trafficking hotline since 2015.
Do Traffickers Kidnap Their Victims? The Myths and Realities of Human Trafficking
As awareness and understanding around human trafficking grows, so do its myths, filtered and fertilized through social media and misunderstandings.
Staying Connected: Moms Who Pump in Prison
While a woman’s right to pump her breast milk is legally protected in the United States, the privilege doesn’t extend to incarcerated moms.
When Will #MeToo Reach Places Like North Philly?
There are so many of barriers facing women in below-poverty-line neighborhoods, but one that is rarely talked about is the pervasive sexual harassment.

America Never Gave Afghan Women a Chance
Washington failed at the most promising path toward stability in Afghanistan: keeping the country’s women alive.
In Mosques Across Morocco, Women are Leading a Quiet Revolution
Trained and employed as clerics by the Moroccan government, hundreds of women are experts in Islamic law and tradition and wield power that allows them to promote and defend women’s rights.
‘Men Kill Women Because They Can’: Inside El Salvador’s Devastating Femicide Crisis
Inside El Salvador's devastating femicide crisis.

In Afghanistan, Where Breast Cancer is a Death Sentence, Women Fight to Save Lives
A pair of sisters fight to save women in Afghanistan's only oncology ward.

Iraq is Tempting Fate By Punishing Women
Iraq isn’t just flouting international law by collectively punishing the wives of Islamic State fighters—it’s inviting a return to war.

Justice for Survivors of ISIS: The Plight of Yazidi Women
ISIS fighters committed genocide and rape against members of Iraq’s minority Yazidi faith, but here we ask, did Yazidi women suffer the most?

Don’t Let the Battle Over Kavanaugh Overshadow the Nobel Peace Prize’s Recognition of Sexual Violence
There’s a certain irony that the Nobel Peace Prize—given Friday to those working to raise awareness of sexual violence in conflict—may well have been overshadowed by news of the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice…

Dangers of Being an Afghan Woman in Uniform
Inside the expensive and complicated NATO campaign to get more women into the Afghan security forces, and keep them alive.

The Truth About the Wives of ISIS
Now that the Islamic State has lost its militant grip on Iraq, what will become of the women being punished for their husbands' crimes?

‘I’m Too Tired To Cry’: The Laotian Girls Who Are Kidnapped To Become Child Brides
‘I didn’t want this for my daughters. I wanted them to have a future’ It was just after 4 a.m. when Pa Hua discovered that her smiley, bookish daughter, Yami, was missing – her schoolbag…

Botched Sterilisation Surgeries are Killing Indian Women. One Women Wants to Save Them
In a country where condoms, birth control pills and IUDs are hugely unpopular, many women turn to sterilisation. It’s costing them their lives.