Mexico - Bold Break with Machismo: Congress Is Now Half Female, & Gender Parity Is the Law
Claudia Pavlovich celebrates her victory as governor of Sonora, Mexico, in 2015. (Agencia el Universal/AP) By Mary Beth Sheridan September 9, 2021 - HERMOSILLO, Mexico — When Claudia Pavlovich ran for governor of Sonora, a vast swath of cowboy country south of Arizona, not a single Mexican state was led by a woman. Fewer than 10 percent of the... Learn More
Mexico - Bold Break with Machismo: Congress Is Now Half Female, & Gender Parity Is the Law
Lebanon - Women Face Period Poverty as Lebanon's Economic Crisis Deepens
A Lebanese woman inspects prices of female sanitary pads at a shop in the capital Beirut on June 23, 2021. © Jospeh Eid, AFP With prices soaring in crisis-hit Lebanon, Sherine can no longer afford sanitary pads. So instead each month, she is forced to make her own using baby nappies or even rags. "With all the price... Learn More
Lebanon - Women Face Period Poverty as Lebanon's Economic Crisis Deepens
Close the Crisis Gap on Contraception for Women in Crisis Settings
A woman receives health counseling at a women's center in Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by: Allison Joyce / UN Women / CC BY-NC-ND By Sarah Rich 14 June 2021 - We know the facts. Contraception saves lives. Access to contraception also allows women and adolescent girls agency over their reproductive decisions. And we know that even in... Learn More
Close the Crisis Gap on Contraception for Women in Crisis Settings
Afghanistan - In Rare Public Display, Dozens of Afghan Women Protest Taliban Rule & Gender-Based Violence
Afghan women protest in Herat on Thursday. (-/AFP/Getty Images) By Ezzatullah Mehrdad September 2, 2021 - Despite the dangers, dozens of Afghan women took to the streets in western Afghanistan on Thursday in a rare public demonstration against Taliban restrictions on their right to work and seek education. Fed up with what participants said were the Taliban’s empty promises... Learn More
Afghanistan - In Rare Public Display, Dozens of Afghan Women Protest Taliban Rule & Gender-Based Violence
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Mexico – Bold Break with Machismo: Congress Is Now Half Female, & Gender Parity Is the Law Claudia Pavlovich celebrates her victory as governor of Sonora, Mexico, in 2015. (Agencia el Universal/AP) By Mary Beth Sheridan September 9, Learn More
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Lebanon – Women Face Period Poverty as Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Deepens
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Close the Crisis Gap on Contraception for Women in Crisis Settings
A woman receives health counseling at a women’s center in Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by: Allison Joyce Learn More
