Gender inequality and sexism are still embedded in the Middle Eastern workplace, even in progressive workplaces like International NGOs and even if they try invoke equitable policies.
On September 3, Brazil's National Museum caught on fire — an enormous tragedy that should serve as a reminder of how important it is for our country to maintain and value institutions that question the social inequalities in our country.
In Greek refugee camps, migrant women endure horrific conditions and sexualized violence, a new report finds.
Like Trump, the current front-runner in the Brazilian presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, is white, far-right wing candidate who symbolizes a great threat to women and democracy in the country.
The administration's deportation practices are sending women and LGBTQ would-be asylum seekers back to dangerous situations, where threats, violence, and even death may await.
“I don’t think there is any reason whatsoever to charge me with hate speech toward anyone,” says Russian feminist Lyubov Kalugina.
A group of world-class photographers are using the power of photography to impact the lives of women and girls around the world.
From Brazil to México, from Chile to Venezuela, from Peru to Costa Rica, from Bolivia to Ecuador, the green wave protesters’ call for legal, safe, and free abortion has intensified. The right to choose is influencing and energizing the activists in these countries, and these countries’ political institutions are paying more attention to their activism.
Coverage of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border has stirred outrage. But is what's happening new?
The targeting of a member of parliament has shed light on everyday violence against women.
In Nigeria, adulterous men are commonly excused and the blame for their actions is placed squarely on women.
Advocates staged protests across the globe on Thursday, including in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in London, to protest the kingdom’s continued detention of three prominent human right activists.
Suplicy, who is now 73, served in Brazilian politics for years. But even before her political career, Suplicy brought discussions of important issues straight to Brazilian homes through a television show called TV Mulher, during which Suplicy gave sex advice to female viewers in a political era of dictatorship.
Over 42 women had been kidnapped or killed in Uganda since May 2017. Ugandan politicians didn’t seem to take these deaths seriously. A feminist group called the Women’s Protest Working Group transformed Ugandan feminists' Twitter conversations into a march.
Germans may soon be able to select a third gender option on their official identity records.
Human rights activists fear the worst after two young Malaysian women were convicted of engaging in a prohibited sex act and sentenced to six strokes of caning.
Governments’ political orientation does not determine whether they pursue more or less restrictive migration policies. New research from Katharina Natter and Hein de Haas debunks accepted wisdom on the politics of migration.
Girls marrying before the age of 18 are more likely not to finish their education, putting them at the risk of financial dependency.
Religion is the thread that runs through the heart of India, but these questions have hardly been explored in public. Indian women’s ideas about religion have particularly been ignored by these institutions. So I decided to ask them about it.
Yemeni singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Methal began her music career during the Arab Spring in 2011; that political escalation inspired her to more creatively address issues of religion and social justice. She most recently collaborated with the American rock band X Ambassadors and recorded the song “Cycles,” which depicts her relationship with her home country.
Rape "jokes" made by a YouTube star are stirring controversy in Brazil, where a rape takes place every 11 minutes.
There are currently no policies in Zimbabwe that protect girls who become pregnant while in school. Pregnant students are frequently forced out of their schools due to rules and regulations within the education system that discriminate against them.
While there are no laws that blatantly incriminate homosexuality, same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Kenya, a country that is also generally quite socially hostile to members of the LGBTQ+ community.
A Japanese medical school has been lowering the scores of women taking its entrance exam to ensure that a greater proportion of men are admitted, Japanese media revealed on August 2.
The feminization of poverty is the phenomenon in which women experience poverty at rates that are disproportionately high in comparison to men. According to UN Women, as of 2015, a majority of the 1.5 billion people who live on $1 a day or less are women. Of all the people in the world living in poverty, 70 percent are women.