While it is still illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia, Manal al-Sharif’s bravery has not been in vain. Just two months after the United Nations elected Saudi Arabia into the newly established Commission on Women’s Rights, the long...
Capital punishment is not a deterrent for India’s rape culture. In May, India waited with bated breath for the verdict on one of the most brutal and horrifying cases in the nation’s recent history: the gang rape that led to the death of...
The women and girls victimized by IS deserve to see their persecutors held accountable for their crimes in an international court. On August 3, 2014, Islamic State (IS) fighters attacked the Yazidi community in Sinjar, Iraq. Since then, the Yazidis...
When it comes to women’s rights in Iraq, it is time for a radical shift. On July 25, police in northern Iraq found the body of a young woman, 25, who was murdered, burned and dumped on a rural road between the villages of Hizob and Grtik. It is...
Given open competition, women could achieve parity with men in virtually all events, apart from those very few that require the rawest of muscle power. “Dear John, I adore and respect you but please please keep me out of your statements that are...
