Reporter’s Notebook: War in Ukraine is driving up domestic violence. Experts say the worst is yet to come.
As the war in Ukraine drags on, experts are warning that action is needed to address rising domestic violence.
‘This War Made Him a Monster.’ Ukrainian Women Fear the Return of Their Partners
As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, experts are warning that immediate action is needed to address rising domestic violence.
America Is Again Failing Afghanistan’s Women—and Itself
The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.
Afghan women tell us how their lives have changed
Ahead of International Women’s Day, we asked three Afghan women how their lives had changed since the Taliban took over. These are their stories.
Nigerian elections: Africa’s giant is leaving half its population behind
Africa’s largest democracy has a terrible record of female representation. Ahead of this week’s elections, we ask what is being done to change that.
In Thailand, an Uphill Battle to Legalize Sex Work
Sex workers and liberal politicians are fighing an uphill battle to legalize sex work in Thailand.
A rare instance of accountability
Overharvesting of frankincense led our reporter down a years-long investigation into abuse and exploitation in the essential oils industry.
Eating last and least: Widening gender hunger gap raises climate alarm
Women typically eat less in Indian households and are often found compromising their share of food to feed others in the family exposing the growing hunger crisis.
In Afghanistan, threatening the very survival of women
A new Taliban decree forbids Afghan women from working for foreign aid groups. We talk to two experts in the country about its impact.
On these women-run Himalayan farms, even climate-resilient crops are failing
As countries experiment with climate solutions, experience of women farmers in the Indian Himalayas shows the complexities of the climate crisis and the costs of not involving local communities.
Somaliland’s Frankincense Brings Gold to Companies. Its Women Pay the Price.
Female workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company.
Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence
Extreme weather events that climate change is making more frequent and more intense are also pushing up violence against women around the world.
How Women Changed the World This Year
From Colombia to Iran, feminism is an increasingly unstoppable force.
Looking away from Russian corruption led to Ukraine war, says one of Putin’s leading adversaries
Maria Pevchikh, Chief Investigator at the Anti-Corruption Foundation on the fight to expose the people who poisoned their founder Alexei Navalny and challenging some of the most powerful men in Russia.
Qatar’s World Cup Legacy Is Stranded Worker Widows
As the most controversial World Cup in recent memory draws to a close, thousands of widows across South Asia are left picking up the pieces of their shattered lives.
Women under pressure as finance sector makes push into remittances
Women migrants send back half of global remittances. Women who stay back receive most of them. One scholar warns that this money is being targeted.
Decade of advocacy fails to reduce global femicides
A new study by UN Women and the UNODC found that 81,000 women were killed globally in 2021 in murders that were motivated by their gender.
Reporter’s Notebook: Migrant women in Qatar’s hotels speak out
Migrant women working in Qatar's World Cup hotels have said they were ignored when they made allegations of harassment or abuse.
