More: Gender Equality
Abolishing Female Genital Mutilation: A Global Imperative
How deeply wounded are the morals of women out there, fighting for their lives time after time to maintain their dignity as women, and...
Seats Are Not Enough — Patriarchy Must Be Dismantled
For centuries, women and girls have been told to wait their turn, to negotiate harder, to adjust to the structures that exclude them. Yet...
#MeToo’s Digital Blind Spot: The Women the Movement Left Behind
This article discusses the important issues underlying the #MeToo movement that has spread across the globe. On the one hand, the #MeToo movement has...
The Desperate Need for Gender Mainstreaming in Africa
The African continent stands at a critical juncture in its pursuit of sustainable development, inclusive governance, and peace. Women and girls represent more than...
Xi Calls for More Women in Power as China Faces Gender Gap in Leadership
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for greater participation of women in politics and national governance, saying gender equality must be “truly internalised”...
Condemned, not Cured: The plight of Institutionalized Honor
“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.” - Simone de Beauvoir...
Systems Resist Outside Shocks – but Youth Can Move Them from Within
Kazakhstan’s most underestimated strategic asset is neither hydrocarbon reserves nor its transit corridors but the sheer youth of its people. With a median age...
Democrats Must not Abandon Being Vocal for Women’s Rights
Zohran Mamdani’s recent victory in the Democratic primary for the New York City mayoral election has sent a clear message to the national Democrats:...
Our Bodies, Not Your Policy: Virginity Testing as a Human Rights Violation in Indonesia
In Indonesia, it is still common for women to be seen as second-class citizens in society and it addresses a patriarchal system in many...
Beyond the Binary: Gender Roles and the Diplomacy of Open Minds
The Personal and the Spiritual
In a world that is increasingly interconnected, how we understand and respond to gender roles is more than a cultural...