More: Gender Equality
The Aesthetics of Impunity: Legal Backsliding of Gender in Türkiye
In early 2026, the discovery of Durdona Khakimova and Ergashalieva Sayyora—two Uzbek women murdered and disposed of in trash containers in Istanbul—sent a chilling...
Breaking the Ice: Marina Starovoitova, the World’s First Female Captain of a Nuclear Icebreaker
She started as a school teacher. Now she commands one of the most powerful vessels on Earth. Marina Starovoitova answered Modern Diplomacy's questions after...
Saudi Vision 2030: Gains and Gaps in Women’s Empowerment
In recent years, the evolution of women in Saudi Arabia has become one of the most scrutinized aspects of the kingdom's reforms of recent...
Men Make Wars, Women Pay the Price: Radical Feminist Critiques of the U.S.-Iran Conflict
The global discussion surrounding the U.S.-Iran conflict is heavily dominated by strategic calculations, missile capabilities, nuclear negotiations, economic sanctions, and regional balance of power....
Systematic injustice requires systematic action: The case of Afghanistan
No regime in modern history has worked so systematically to erase women from public life as the Taliban has in Afghanistan. As of today, 258 edicts,...
Unraveling the Paradox: Gender-Based Violence, Militarization, and the Role of the UN in Conflict Zones
Violence against girls and women was accepted as an inevitable aspect of violence and warfare before a critical examination into how sexual assault and...
Being a Woman Who Likes F1 Doesn’t Mean I’m Here for the Drivers’ Looks
If you asked a motorsport fan, particularly F1 fans in the era of Mercedes dominance, most would describe the era as “boring and predictable.”...
Breaking Patriarchy’s Shadow: South Africa’s Femicide Crisis and Global Resistance
Living as a woman is often like walking in a shadow that may not go away. The stigma lurking behind your back, the fear...
Rebeca Grynspan Eyes UN Leadership, Calls for Equality and Reform
Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rica’s former vice president and current secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, is a frontrunner to become the...
Purple Profile Picture Campaign Insufficient to Tackle Patriarchy and Femicide
There is truly no safe place for women when patriarchy is normalized as a culture and violence is silenced as a family matter in...