STORIES
From urgent investigations and breaking news to bold op-eds by global leaders, we bring you the stories shaping the lives of women and girls worldwide.
No Guardian, No Freedom: Inside Afghanistan’s Mahram Restrictions
Forced to rely on male guardians to work, shop, or study, Afghan women say the Taliban’s mahram restrictions are turning daily life into a prison. Photo: Osman Khayyam / UNICEF
How U.S. Border Policy Is Endangering Women Asylum Seekers
As the U.S. shutters its asylum system under Executive Order 14159, women fleeing gender-based persecution are being deported without due process, left in legal limbo and stripped of the protections they were once promised.
For Syrian Women Released from Assad’s Prisons, a New Kind of Exile Awaits
Surviving Assad’s prisons was only the beginning—now, these women are fighting to reclaim their voices in a world that turned its back. Photo: Emin Sansar/Anadolu via Getty Images
Nigeria’s Women Feed the Nation, But Still Farm on Borrowed Land
Across Nigeria, women are the backbone of agriculture—yet they farm without ownership, power, or a path to prosperity. Photo: Darren Baker
Entrepreneurship Was Meant to Be a Lifeline. For Afghan Women, It’s a Dead End.
Once seen as a path to survival, women-led businesses in northern Afghanistan are collapsing under Taliban restrictions, broken promises, and a lack of real support. Photo: Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Tunisia Opens First Domestic Violence Shelters for Women with Disabilities
For years, shelters in Tunisia overlooked women with disabilities. Now, survivors are leading the charge for change. Photo: Human Rights Watch
Pakistani Teen Influencer Shot Dead After Rejecting Man’s Advances in Suspected ‘Honor’ Killing
17-year-old Pakistani influencer Sana Yousaf was murdered after rejecting a man’s advances, spotlighting the ongoing issue of 'honor' killings in the country
‘He Says I’d Be of No Use Without a Uterus’: When Men Control Women’s Access to Lifesaving Care in Egypt
The hidden crisis of women denied agency over their bodies in Egypt—by husbands, doctors, and the law. Photo: Middle East Eye
In Blockaded Gaza, Women Face a Growing Crisis of Period Poverty
With aid still blocked and resources scarce, women and girls in Gaza are resorting to makeshift solutions for their periods. Photo: CARE / Yousef Ruzzi
Despite Promises of Aid, Gaza’s Women Are Still Cut Off From Basic Hygiene
“We had to choose between showering and running out of water.” In Gaza, women are cutting their daughters’ hair, rationing water, and reusing menstrual materials to survive. Photo: Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images
‘Our Child Was Born in an Open Field’: U.S. Aid Cuts Deepen Afghanistan’s Maternal Health Crisis
As foreign aid is slashed and clinics close across Afghanistan, maternal deaths are rising sharply—leaving women and children without access to life-saving care. Photo: Elise Blanchard / AFP via Getty Images
Climate Change Is Driving a Surge in Child Marriages in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province
In Balochistan, climate-driven poverty is accelerating child marriage, as families trade daughters for survival in the wake of devastating floods. Photo: Irfan Azad
Religious Schools Replace Education for Afghan Girls Under Taliban Rule
In Taliban-run Afghanistan, religious schools have become the only option for girls, where education is replaced by surveillance, sermons, and strict control over their appearance and autonomy. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi
‘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.
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
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
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
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