Advocates in countries that have achieved legalization of abortion in recent years are making it clear that they stand with Americans in efforts to restore reproductive rights and access.
A small number of organizations offer help for refugees’ psychosocial well-being — an often-overlooked but crucial service.
Recent crackdowns have forced women activists to sometimes operate covertly, but they are adamant they will never stop raising their voices.
Putin promotes traditional masculine tropes but fails to realize that performative masculinity is not a strength but a vulnerability.
As Saudi Arabia’s film industry expands, women see new opportunities.
While still a minority of those whose movies are selected to represent their nations in the category, women filmmakers often offer a distinct, female-centered point of view.
The first-of-its-kind show highlights the experiences of women in West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia while examining the intersectionalities of race, migration, and class.
Thursday marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence in a year in which women have taken to the streets to protest rising violence and lack of state protection.
An ensemble of young women is helping to revive Sufi music, a traditionally male bastion.
A new analysis of print, digital media, and entertainment has found that coverage is heavy on sensationalism and moral judgment, and light on factual information.
Seyran Ateş established a mosque in Berlin that is inclusive and encourages discussion and debate.
The UN Generation Equality Forum builds on the promise of the Beijing Conference of 26 years ago.
Activists whose work incorporates ecological, health, and equality campaigns have moved from protesting outside the halls of power to become elected legislators writing and passing the environmental protection frameworks that they campaigned for.
Demands to address gender-based violence have escalated after a social media movement and a brutal murder.
Experts fear that disruptions in health services could aggravate India’s already high maternal mortality and child mortality rates.
As the COVID-19 crisis intensifies, women workers, especially those who are unmarried and in low-wage jobs, have been hit especially hard.
At a time when millions have experienced disruptions in their ways of working, traditional artisans — the original remote workers — offer lessons on the future of work.
Supporters of the ruling party have instigated threats and violence in an effort to silence women journalists.
Argentina’s new abortion law, a result of decades of feminist organizing, is spurring hope for expanded rights elsewhere in the region.
As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, a new report shows the extraordinary anti-violence efforts made by women's rights organizations globally.
The pandemic-related lockdown has exacerbated the isolation of India’s queer youth.
Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens food insecurity globally, community-based initiatives are stepping up.
During the pandemic, governments have been curtailing rights—but activists are fighting back.
Medical nonprofit Medecins Sans Frontieres announced it is suspending its maternity ward operations in a Kabul, Afghanistan, hospital in the wake of the systematic killing of 16 women in the ward. All the women were mothers or soon to be.