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January 9, 2025

Human Rights
Malala Yousafzai Honored for Her Efforts to Combat Gender Apartheid Ten Years After Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

Calls to formally recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity increase amidst growing edicts targeting the freedoms of women and girls by the Taliban 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai poses for a portrait during an interview with Reuters after the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Peace Lecture on the tenth anniversary of his death, in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 5, 2023.
Post by Catherine Powell and Noël James Women Around the World

August 12, 2024

Japan
Miura Mari: The Fight for Gender Parity

Miura Mari, a professor of political science at Sophia University, helps build a path to gender parity in Japanese politics. 

Miura Mari speaks at Academy for Gender Parity event
Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

November 22, 2024

Climate Change
Women This Week: Deadlock at COP29 to Update UN Action Plan on Gender and Climate

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 16 to November 22.

Women ministers, negotiators and delegates attend the Gender Day event at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
Post by Noël James and Uma Fox Women Around the World

August 21, 2024

Afghanistan
How the Taliban’s Rule Is Fueling the Movement to End Gender Apartheid

The Taliban’s outright denial of women’s rights in Afghanistan has spurred a global push to combat gender-based oppression.

In Brief by Clara Fong and Noël James

May 23, 2023

Women and Foreign Policy Program
Reporting on Gender and Politics

Ann Norris, senior fellow for women and foreign policy at CFR, discusses the societal, economic, and security benefits of advancing gender parity. This webinar is moderated by Carla Anne Robbins, sen…

Play Equal Rights Amendment activists gather in protest outside of Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond.
Webinar by Ann Norris, Carla Anne Robbins, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

January 24, 2023

Nigeria
Gender Freeze

For Nigerian women, gender equality remains a bridge too far as increased social influence fails to translate into political power.

A woman wearing a "Restructure Women to the Structure" shirt protests alongside other women in Nigeria. She also wears a chain necklace around her neck.
Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

September 30, 2024

Sexual Violence
White House Event Spotlights Biden Legacy: Fighting Against Gender-Based Violence at Home and Abroad

After working as the White House's chief advisor on gender-based violence, I look back on the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to address gender-based violence.

President Joe Biden—after being introduced by respected leader, Ruth Glenn, President of Survivor Justice Action—during remarks at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2024.
Post by Catherine Powell Women Around the World

April 3, 2025

Heads of State and Government
Women’s Power Index Shows Stalled Progress for Women’s Political Participation

New data from CFR’s Women’s Power Index tracks countries’ continued progress toward gender parity in political representation.  

Women's Power Index, April 1, 2025
Post by Linda Robinson and Noël James Women Around the World