War & Global Conflict

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 9 to November 15. Blog Post by Noël James and Uma Fox November 15, 2024 3:30 pm (EST) Harassment Moves Offline into Schools and Campuses  A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)…

By Melanne Verveer, Karima Bennoune, and Lina Tori Jan April 1, 2024 at 6:15 a.m. EDT Afghan women had little to celebrate on International Women’s Day this year. No school. No work. No parks. No travel without a male chaperone. No health care without a female provider. No divorce. No justice. Afghan women and girls have been…

JAIRO I. FÚNEZ-FLORES FEB 28, 2024 Since October 2023, many Palestinian and Pro-Palestinian scholars have been under attack within and beyond academia. Universities have not only been silent about the genocide in Gaza, but they have also been active participants in the repression of dissident voices. This is not a surprise since Western universities have…

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Tainã Mansani 01/30/2024 January 30, 2024 Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS has flared tensions in the region. What consequences can West Africa expect? To watch the video click here. This media was posted by DW.com.

By Dasha Litvinova On March 29, 2023 TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s prosecution of a single father whose daughter drew an antiwar sketch at school elicited outrage from the European Union on Wednesday, even as the man, who fled house arrest before the verdict was announced, remained at large. Alexei Moskalyov was convicted of discrediting…

By Rahim Faiez On March 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD (AP) — Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights, the United Nations said in grim assessments on International Women’s Day. The U.N. Mission said…

By By Stefaniia Bern and Anthony Deutsch On March 14, 2023 KYIV, March 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, as part of widespread allegations of abuse during the more than one-year-long invasion. According to…