Syria’s Recovery Is Being Led by Women
Across a country emerging from nearly 14 years of war, Syrian women are rebuilding their families, communities, and futures from the ground up, writes the President and CEO of Oxfam America.
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What Twenty Years of Reporting on Women and War Has Taught Me
War correspondent Hollie McKay reflects on the systems of gender-based violence she has witnessed over two decades of reporting from conflict zones.
To Report Femicide in Pakistan Is to Confront a System of Silence
Pakistani journalist Jamaima Afridi writes that femicide is not a series of random tragedies but a national crisis sustained by silence and a system that places reputation above women’s lives.
Fourteen Years After Her Daughter’s Death, a Mother Challenges the Dominican Republic’s Abortion Ban
Fourteen years after her teen daughter died when doctors delayed cancer treatment because she was pregnant, Rosa Herminia Hernández is challenging the Dominican Republic’s total abortion ban.
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Displaced in Lebanon, Women Search for Water, Privacy and Dignity
In makeshift camps along Beirut’s waterfront, displaced women are living without water, electricity or privacy, carrying the burdens of a war that has left many with no home to return to.
In Yemen, Some Women Remain Prisoners Long After Their Sentences End
A combination of social stigma, legal delays, and family rejection leaves many Yemeni women trapped even after they are due to be free.
What Motherhood Looks Like in Exile
On this Mother’s Day, refugee mothers from Mexico to Jordan are rebuilding “home” piece by piece under extraordinary circumstances, writes the CEO of USA for UNHCR for More to Her Story.
The Hunger I Saw at the Sudan Border
In South Sudan, Rachelle Lopp of USA for UNHCR met women who survived war only to arrive somewhere “safe” and discover there was no food left to give them.
A Deadline for the World to Act on Women’s Rights
A looming U.N. deadline is testing whether governments will act on the systematic repression of women—or let it stand, write the directors of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.