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04/06/2025

Efforts raise questions about the far right’s place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administration

04/06/2025

We have a duty to call out antisemitism when we see it. We also have an equal duty to remember that Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are also being targeted

03/12/2024

A testament to the incredible courage of women resisting the brutal ultra-misogynist regime

Getting footage from the ground was a challenge for the director of Bread & Roses. The documentary, which profiles three women who engage in protests, is now streaming on Apple TV+.

16/10/2024

The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl is, ‘Girls’ vision for the future’. Research from UNICEF shows that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges, but hopeful for the future. Today, and every day, is an opportunity for the world to get behind their vision, in...

15/10/2024

She often gets erased in the history of science

Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science

15/10/2024

Bravo!

The council on Monday approved rezoning a 31-acre York Street Yards property that was formerly a military depot.

15/10/2024

“Women and girls are overrepresented among the poor at every stage of life, with the largest gaps during their childbearing years. Women aged 25-34 are 25 per cent more likely to live in extremely poor households.”

UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty.

01/10/2024

The plight of Afghanistan’s women in 2024 provides a grim coda to the saga of the U.S.’s role in the country since 2001. It’s a tale of tragedy and hubris, misadventures and corruption, and — in the final, bleak reckoning — a tale of failure.

16/09/2024

How horrible! Deliberately hateful law to inflict panic and suffering on so many

As red states pass laws limiting gender-affirming care and abortions, families are moving. One expert calls it “an uncountable diaspora”

16/09/2024

Bravo!

A new morality law is full of restrictions. No neckties for men. Photos cannot be reproduced. The harshest rules are for women — who are singing out on social media to protest the ban on singing.

15/09/2024

Absolutely horrifying - erasing women’s voices and participation in public life.

Afghan religious police wield new power to enforce a ban on women raising their voices in public and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives.

04/09/2024

Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law.