In 1995, the international community gathered in Beijing to sign a landmark agreement – the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This pivotal document became a global framework for advancing gender equality... Read more »
Irish voters decisively rejected on Saturday two constitutional amendments that would have significantly altered the definition of family and gender roles within the home. In accordance with Article 46 of the Constitution,... Read more »
For American women, job opportunities look much different than they did 50 years ago. Women have made gains in labor force participation and wages, and they’ve increased their presence in the highest-paying... Read more »
A United Nations report published Friday indicated that the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s attire and its requirement that women have a male guardian are limiting Afghan women’s freedom of movement and access... Read more »
Sharareh Abdolhoseinzadeh is a law student and a PhD in Political Sociology. She files this from Tehran. On Friday, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an imprisoned Iranian woman, Narges... Read more »
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous called for the UN Security Council (UNSC) to intervene on Tuesday in Afghan women’s rights crisis. In a speech before the council, Bahous noted the deterioration... Read more »
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced this week that he expects the troubled Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women to close before he leaves office in January 2026, David Wildstein reports for... Read more »