“The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium” is a project that uses women's artwork to offer an alternative narrative to colonial-era postcards that framed MENA women as “exotic.”
Since the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the rights and freedoms of Afghans have been violated.
In October, the United Nations Committee Against Torture issued a final decision in Elizabeth Coppin v. Ireland that once again dashed hopes of justice for survivors of one of Ireland’s worst regimes of torture and abuse.
While abuse and discrimination against women and persons with disabilities is punishable by law in Malawi, in a patriarchal culture with a pronounced belief in the existence of witchcraft, men are at liberty to abandon their families on the basis of disability alone.
The United Nations Satellite Centre imagery points towards an estimated 8 million people still exposed to flooded areas.
A look back on 10 years of a revolution centered on the liberation of women.
While India is one of the few countries yet to criminalize marital rape, the high court recently ruled that victims of marital rape are entitled to a safe and legal abortion, establishing in Indian law that non-consensual sex can and does exist among married partners.
As men migrate north to the United States in search of better lives for their families, the women left behind are taking on many new community responsibilities once occupied by their husbands.
Women Under Siege spoke with American anti-war activist Jody Williams, Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee about their trip with Nobel Women's Initiative to Ukraine, the stories they heard there, and how Ukrainian women are fighting for peace in their country.
On August 15, as India was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its independence, 11 men convicted of gang-raping a Muslim woman in 2002 were granted premature release from their life sentences.
Brazilians were able to celebrate the election of many candidates from more diverse, just, and feminist backgrounds.
Malaysian lawmakers passed the country’s first-ever bill criminalizing stalking in early October.
In the Philippines, there aren't enough resources to go around to support a coordinated strategy against child sex trafficking in online spaces.
After a scathing experience in one of India's top media houses, Meena Kotwal, a Dalit journalist, founded The Mooknayak, an independent online media outlet that reports on caste oppression and systemic violence against marginalized communities across India.
Worldwide demonstrations are taking place in support of Iran’s uprising, calling for more freedom regarding the country’s strict hijab mandate.
Iranians have been protesting the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini for over three weeks, despite facing internet shutdowns and violent repression.
Caught in the throes of overlapping social and economic crises, women in Venezuela there have almost no resources to protect themselves or their children from harm. Violence against women and girls — including incest — remains prevalent, and invisible, throughout the country.
In her upcoming memoir “This Arab Life: A Generation’s Journey into Silence,” Amal Ghandour weaves personal history to offer a thoughtful meditation on the veil's place within a modern Middle East.
In August, the Spanish congress passed a law that reframes the importance of consent in cases of rape and sexual assault, joining countries like Canada, Sweden, and Denmark with similar laws.
Survivors of brutal violence by Islamic State militants played a central role in advocating for reparations from the Iraqi government that failed to protect them, and though they question its ability to implement a reparations program, they have little choice but to hope.
Progress has been slow and unsteady, but activists are teaming up with elected officials to raise awareness and change laws.
It has been five years since the Marawi Siege ended, and while the government has steadily completed infrastructure projects at the former heart of the firefights, the Maranao people have not been able to return to their ancestral lands. Many suspect that the government’s plans to commercialize the city are what's really preventing the IDPs from returning.
International conflicts are more public than ever, and the rise of online activism has made social media users more inclined to want to help humanitarian efforts.
About 75% of Muslim women in Indonesia today wear the hijab, up from only 5% in the late 1990s, according to HRW.
Malaysia witnessed significant progress in its fight against sexual harassment in July.