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After Namibia swore in its first female president, we asked the experts: What difference do women leaders make?

After Namibia swore in Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah as president, we asked the experts: What difference do women leaders make?

by Allan Olingo

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American conservatives’ latest safari — an anti-women, anti-LGBTQ tour of Africa

Earlier this month, the Africa Christian Professionals Forum, a membership-based organization whose stated mission is to build “a society that upholds our Biblical values,” put on the Pan-African Conference on Family Values in Nairobi, Kenya. …

by Allan Olingo

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Can South Korean politics make way for it’s ‘Light Stick Revolutionaries?’

Korean women have helped topple governments but still have trouble gaining political office.

by Hawon Jung

This article was co-published with Foreign Policy.

Europe’s onlyfans performers can’t get justice

Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a successful beauty salon in Slovakia, but suddenly, COVID-19 struck. Forced to close her salon’s doors, Jana found herself like so many: locked…

by Polina Bachlakova, Kristina Böhmer, Mayya Chernboylskaya, Apolena Rychlikova

This article was originally co-published with Foreign Policy.

Reporter’s Notebook: One Woman Who Dares To Speak Out

I’ve been writing for decades about America’s on-again-off-again support for the reproductive health care of women around the world, focusing on the Republican presidents who have slashed funding and jeopardized women’s lives. During that time, I’ve interviewed…

by Jodi Enda

The Long Road to Justice for Sexual War Crimes

Sexual violence in Sudan is common. Accountability isn’t.

by Neha Wadekar

Co-published with Foreign Policy.

CSW69 — Women’s Rights at a Crossroads

As leaders gather for CSW69 three decades after the Beijing Declaration, will commitments turn into action, or will hard-won gains be lost?

by Allan Olingo

The mission hasn’t changed: Remaining focused when all the world seems to be on fire

Amidst an onslaught of harm, we have to rethink how we go about pursuing our mission. Yet our work feels more vital than ever.

by Eliza Anyangwe

‘It’s which door she walks through’: How provider preference and hospital culture drive C-section rates

A third of low-risk women in Mississippi are undergoing surgery for their first birth — far beyond the WHO’s max rate of 15%

by Erica Hensley

Women and Power: New rankings show stark geographical divide within the U.S.

To no one’s surprise, D.C. tops the list when it comes to women with power and influence. Can it withstand the new administration’s attacks?

by Jodi Enda

Arab States Need More Nurses. African Women Are Paying The Price.

A new report reveals migrant caregivers from Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda battle exploitative working conditions, including racial discrimination and violence.

by Louise Donovan

Women’s groups in the DRC are trying — once more — to get armed forces to sit down for peace talks

Women are disproportionately affected by the conflict in the DRC. Yet they keep being excluded from having a say in peace talks.

by Maher Sattar

Peace and Security Depends on Closing the Workforce Gender Gap

As COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and daycare, huge numbers of women left the workforce as women took on more unpaid caregiving and home-schooling responsibilities than men. They haven’t come back. Workforce parity is at its…

by Xanthe Scharff

Vassar College lawsuit shows women’s labor is still undervalued in education

Vassar College calls itself a pioneer for women’s education, founded in 1861 to offer women, as its website says, “a fully equivalent education to that of the best men’s colleges of the period.” Five female…

by Xanthe Scharff

‘My Classmates Have No Hope’

“We were the ones hoping to shape the future, but they took that future away from us,” a teen girl writes, describing the “terror” of attending a high school in northern Afghanistan under Taliban control.

by Razia Mohseni

This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

‘Being Imprisoned at Home is What Awaits Me’

An Afghan agricultural engineer fought for her education and her career. "Now, getting forced to marry a Talib, becoming a second wife, and being imprisoned at home is what awaits me," she writes.

by Nargis Omar

This series was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

Life of Fear Replaces Life of Dreams After Taliban Takeover

Once the breadwinner for eight people, an Afghan woman says she now feels "in prison" since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

by Laila

This series was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

Struggling to survive: Story of a challenging journey

"During the days that I lived under the dark shadow of the Taliban, I felt like a bird in a cage. Like a bird with wings, but no permission to fly," Afghan journalist Zahra Joya…

by Zahra Joya

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