Susan Kigula 10/23/26 Susan Kigula 10/23/26

I Survived Death Row. The Women Still There Deserve to Be Seen

In 2002, Susan Kigula was sentenced to death in Uganda. From prison, she helped lead a landmark legal challenge that resulted in the abolition of mandatory death sentences in the country.

Parishad Kavyani 10/20/26 Parishad Kavyani 10/20/26

When a Woman’s Life Becomes a Matter of Family Honor

An estimated 5,000 women and girls are killed each year in so-called honor killings worldwide, according to a longstanding United Nations estimate. Maryam Yarmohammadi was one of them.

Keit Silale 9/29/26 Keit Silale 9/29/26

She Was Cut at Seven. Now She’s Fighting to End FGM.

Dahabo Guracha Damballa once thought every girl was cut. Now, she believes a generation of girls could grow up differently.

David Arome 9/21/26 David Arome 9/21/26

‘Life Has Never Been This Hard’: Women Uprooted by Violence and Terrorism in Northern Nigeria

From Boko Haram in the northeast to armed bandit groups farther west, years of violence and terrorism have displaced millions across northern Nigeria — with women and girls bearing the heaviest economic, physical and psychological costs.

Shahzad Naveed 9/17/26 Shahzad Naveed 9/17/26

A 9-Year-Old Girl’s Killing in Pakistan Brings Women Into the Streets

In Swat Valley, the killing of a nine-year-old girl has fueled protests over sexual and gender-based violence, child safety and accountability.

Reena Ghelani 9/14/26 Reena Ghelani 9/14/26

Somalia’s Women Have Endured Enough

The women I met in Somalia are doing everything possible to keep their families alive. The international community must do the same, writes Reena Ghelani, CEO of Plan International. Photo: Plan International

Sarah Little 9/4/26 Sarah Little 9/4/26

From Sierra Leone to the United Nations, a New Push to End Child Marriage

The United Nations has adopted a new international day to end child, early and forced marriage, following a campaign led by Sierra Leone’s first lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio.

Eisa Dafallah 8/25/26 Eisa Dafallah 8/25/26

In Sudan’s Displacement Camps, Some Families Are Choosing to Marry Off Their Daughters

In Sudan’s displacement camps, families facing war, poverty and insecurity are increasingly choosing to marry off their daughters.

Abby Maxman 7/30/26 Abby Maxman 7/30/26

Syria’s Recovery Is Being Led by Women

Across a country emerging from nearly 14 years of war, Syrian women are rebuilding their families, communities, and futures from the ground up.

Hollie McKay 7/27/26 Hollie McKay 7/27/26

What Twenty Years of Reporting on Women and War Has Taught Me

War correspondent Hollie McKay reflects on the hidden systems of violence that decide the course of women’s and girls’ lives long before they are given a choice.

Luna Duran van Tijn 7/26/26 Luna Duran van Tijn 7/26/26

How Young Women in Mexico Resist Violence Beyond the Marches

Researcher Luna Duran van Tijn interviewed ten young women across Mexico during a period in which 1,240 women were killed.

Claire Carson 7/6/26 Claire Carson 7/6/26

Fourteen Years After Her Daughter’s Death, a Mother Challenges the Dominican Republic’s Total Abortion Ban

Fourteen years after her 16-year-old daughter died when doctors delayed cancer treatment because she was pregnant, Rosa Herminia Hernández is challenging the Dominican Republic’s total abortion ban. Photo: Ricardo Hernandez / AP Photo

Sarah Little 6/29/26 Sarah Little 6/29/26

What is Life Really Like for Women and Girls Around the World?

The lives of women and girls are not side stories to the world’s crises — they are one of the clearest measures of where the world is headed.

Rayna Carruthers 6/22/26 Rayna Carruthers 6/22/26

Displaced in Lebanon, Women Search for Water, Privacy and Dignity

In makeshift camps along Beirut’s waterfront, displaced women are living without water, electricity or privacy, carrying the hidden burdens of a war that has left many with no home to return to.

Jamaima Afridi 6/21/26 Jamaima Afridi 6/21/26

To Report Femicide in Pakistan Is to Confront a System of Silence

In Pakistan, femicide is not a series of random tragedies but a national crisis sustained by silence and a system that places reputation above women’s lives.

Merissa Khurma 6/20/26 Merissa Khurma 6/20/26

On World Refugee Day, Remember the Girls Still Growing Up in Camps

Syrian girls are growing up in displacement, as shrinking donor support leaves fewer spaces for them to learn, play, build confidence, and imagine a future beyond survival.