STORIES
From urgent investigations to bold op-eds by global leaders, we bring you the stories shaping the lives of women and girls worldwide.
‘We Left Before They Could Take Us’: Hindu Girls Flee Pakistan for a Fragile Safety
Fleeing abduction and forced conversion in Pakistan, Hindu girls and their families now face a different kind of struggle—statelessness and squalor—in India. Photo: VOA News
‘I Narrowly Escaped’: Displaced Nigerian Women Reeling After Easter Massacre
After gunmen attacked their villages, Nigerian women lead their families through grief, hunger, and an uncertain return home.
Inside a Czech Abortion Network Offering Pregnant Women from Poland a Lifeline
Amid Poland’s near-total abortion ban, grassroots networks across Europe are stepping in to provide care, support, and safe access to abortion. Photo: Martin Divisek
In Rural Afghanistan, Childbirth Often Means Death, Not Life
In rural Afghanistan, a lack of healthcare and infrastructure leaves childbirth among the leading causes of death for women. Photo: UNICEF
The Power Gap: How State Lines Shape the Rights and Realities of American Women
More to Her Story sits down with Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO of Future Forward Women, to discuss how new data reveals the geography of gender inequality in America.
Buried Futures: How Nigeria’s Gold Rush is Stealing Girls from School
A generation of girls is being forced out of school and into dangerous mining work, risking their lives to support their families.
How Rwanda Became a Leader in Cervical Cancer Prevention
In Rwanda, a national commitment to science, vaccines, and women’s health is transforming the fight against cervical cancer—and closing the gender gap in healthcare. Photo: MCD Global Health
In Taliban-Run Afghanistan, a Network of Girls Fights to Learn With Little but Hope
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, young women are risking everything to keep learning—armed with hope, but in urgent need of support. Photo: Ahmad Halabisaz / AP
As Sudan’s Zamzam Camp Falls, Women and Girls Bear the Brunt of Violence in Darfur
As Sudan’s civil war enters its third year, the fall of Zamzam camp marks a turning point in a gendered campaign of violence, where women and girls are being systematically targeted, silenced, and erased.
When Women Try to Leave, Men Kill Them: Inside Brazil’s Femicide Crisis
Brazil’s femicide epidemic shows a deadly pattern: when women try to leave, men try to kill them. Photo: Buenos Aires Times
In Johannesburg’s Landfills, Refugee Women Risk Their Lives for Pennies and Survival
Barred from legal jobs, refugee women in Johannesburg sift through trash heaps to survive, risking injury, harassment, and exploitation, a MTHS investigation finds. Photo: Shabba Kgotlaetsho
In the Foothills of Northern Iraq, the Women-Led Kurdish Resistance Pushes Forward
Forced from their homes, Kurdish women forge a new life on the frontlines of a long struggle. Photo: Bulent Kilic / AFP via Getty Images
Inside Zimbabwe’s Underground Pregnancy Termination Industry
“I almost died”: In Zimbabwe, women risk their lives to end pregnancies as outdated abortion laws push them toward unsafe and often deadly procedures.
Breaking: Over 100 Sudanese Women Detained Without Charge in Wad Madani as War Enters Third Year
In a More to Her Story scoop, Sudanese women who survived RSF abuse are now being detained without charge in Wad Madani — punished as ‘collaborators’ by the official military. Photo: Mohamed Jamal Jebrel / Reuters
When Womanhood Is a Crime: One Afghan Woman’s Story in Taliban Custody
What began as a trip to buy a scarf ended in torture and a fight for survival. This story is co-published with Rukhshana Media. Photo: Mohd Rasfan / AFP / Getty Images
Ten Years After the Yezidi Genocide, Yezidi Women Are Still Fighting for Justice
Ten years after ISIS’s genocide, Yezidi women—once enslaved, silenced, and brutalized—are now leading the fight for justice, recovery, and dignity in their homeland. Photo: Free Yezidi Foundation
‘We Are Human Beings, Not Something You Can Just Get Rid Of’: Inside the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis in Canada
Despite years of reports, investigations, and promises, the violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada remains a haunting national tragedy that some families call a “genocide.”
Three Years After Bucha’s Liberation, Ukrainian Women Still Struggle for Justice
As the world commemorates the third anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Ukrainian wartime rape survivors fight to have their voices heard. Photo: Laurel Chor / Getty Images
Inside the Secret Classrooms Defying the Taliban’s Ban on Girls’ Education
Four teachers from across Afghanistan explain their mission to educate girls despite repressive decrees. Photo: UNICEF
Algeria’s Women Climate Leaders Built a Movement—Now U.S. Funding Cuts Put It at Risk
Amid the climate crisis and U.S. funding cuts, young Algerian women are quietly building a grassroots green economy—one soap bar, fly farm, and sewing machine at a time. Photo: UNDP