Tag: Women & Girls
52 Articles
- Global Governance
Women and Water in the Maghreb: How the Exclusion of Female Voices Harms Climate Efforts
Introduction The Maghreb region—comprising Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia—faces two mutually reinforcing crises: climate change and gender inequality. Within the broader…
February 23, 2026
- Conflict & Security
Reflecting on 25 Years of Women, Peace, and Security
Origins of the Resolution When the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the four-page Resolution 1325 in 2000, it built on growing acknowledgement of women’s roles in…
October 8, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Gender Apartheid as an International Crime: Taliban Oppression in Afghanistan Triggers Campaign
Introduction It has now been four years since what Afghans call “the fall.” On August 15, 2021, Taliban fighters swept into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, hours after the…
September 2, 2025
- Business & Economics
Cultural Understanding as a Driver of Success in Global Labor Markets
Introduction Policymakers and scholars have often highlighted how multinational corporations (MNCs) are uniquely positioned to advance women’s empowerment in developing…
July 9, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Towards Gendered Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Introduction In April 2025, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda met with the US Secretary of State to sign a Declaration of …
May 12, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
Gendered Consequences of U.S. Mass Deportations: How Shifting Migration Policies Endanger Women and Girls
Introduction Women constitute half the world’s 281 million migrants and 19.6 million refugees. In Central America alone, women and girls accounted for approximately 49 percent…
May 6, 2025
- Science & Technology
Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving the partial or total removal of female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non…
January 30, 2025
- Global Governance
How Feminist Foreign Policies Work to Enhance Gender Justice
Since Sweden adopted a feminist foreign policy in 2014, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, and…
February 18, 2024
- Human Rights & Development
The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
The crisis in Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the news. It was pushed aside by the war in Ukraine and the humiliation and fatigue of Western countries whose twenty years…
February 6, 2024
- Business & Economics
Explanations for Women’s Limited Economic Participation and Empowerment in the MENA Region
Introduction Female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains low despite increases in other components of women’s empowerment. Why this is…
May 29, 2023