The escalating women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls. The international community should fill this gap by making…
Foreign employers have the potential to influence cultural norms and improve female employment outcomes in regions with historically low female labor force participation (FLFP), such as the Middle…
This article explores the gendered dynamics of armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shifting the focus from women’s victimhood to their often overlooked yet…
Migration is an inherently gendered process. Women and girls face disproportionate risks of gender-based violence (GBV) due to systemic gender inequality and discrimination that persists throughout the migration…
Currently, an estimated 230 million girls and women are living with female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide, up from 200 million in 2016. While global efforts to eliminate FGM…
This article examines whether the Global North uses feminist foreign policies (FFPs) to impose their values on the Global South and if such policies can enhance gender justice.[1]…
In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis. They have systematically violated the rights…
The rate of female labor force participation (FLFP) fails to improve across the Middle East and North Africa despite women’s increasing educational attainment, rising age at first marriage, decreased fertility…
The universal relaxation of China’s one-child policy since 2016 has not produced sustained population growth as desired by Beijing. Now incentivizing births for the party-state’s economic and political objectives, China’s…
Iran has captured the international spotlight in recent weeks, as Iranian citizens are undertaking mass demonstrations following the detainment and killing of 22…
