Arezo Ahmadi fled from Afghanistan to fulfill her dream of becoming a mixed martial arts fighter. She's a symbol of defiance and a future that so many young Afghan women are denied.…
When health services are limited, mothers and children often do not receive life-saving medical care and with higher-risk twin pregnancies rising, communities need solutions. Can new technologies give an answer?…
A nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration, laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. This after his…
Helen Nkwocha is one woman who managed to clear the hurdles required to break those conventions. The English coach became the first woman to coach a men's European top-division football team in…
Following the visit of the French and German foreign ministers to Syria on January 3, a photo where we see Minister Annalena Baerbock blurred in official photos of this state visit started…
One of the stark realities highlighted at the latest UN General Assembly was the underrepresentation of women leaders. Out of 193 countries, only 20 women addressed the General Assembly, an unsettling statistic…
Cases of kidnapping for ransom are steadily increasing in Nigeria, with criminal gangs targeting primary schools and universities. Authorities say female students are the main targets by so-called "bandits," as they are…
Claudia Sheinbaum has won a clear majority in Mexico's presidential election. She will succeed her popular leftist Morena party colleague Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Former Mexican Ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan,…
Female genital mutilation is still an issue in rural areas of Ivory Coast. Though it has been banned decades ago, girls still die and suffer from the practice.…