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.
As Pressure Mounts for Syrian Refugees to Return Home, Women Face an Impossible Choice
Caught between a homeland that still feels unsafe and a host country that is closing its doors, Syrian women and girls in Lebanon face an impossible choice: return to uncertainty, or remain in limbo. Photo: Joel Carillet
The Karate Class Where Kenya’s Grandmothers Learn to Fight Back
In Korogocho, one of Nairobi’s oldest informal settlements, elderly women train in karate to protect themselves from violence. Photo: Keit Silale for More to Her Story
FGM Laws Protect Girls. Who Heals the Women?
Ending female genital mutilation is about more than criminalization—it requires care, choice, and long-term support for the millions of women already living with its consequences. Photo: UNDP
“They Took My Freedom, My Home, My Child”: Christian Women Jailed Under India’s Anti-Conversion Laws
India’s anti-conversion laws have led to the arrest and incarceration of Christian women, often without trial or accountability. Photo: Suhail Bhat / More to Her Story
The Taliban’s New Criminal Code Makes Second-Class Status the Law for Women and Girls
The Taliban’s new criminal code legalizes the exclusion, punishment, and control of women and girls across Afghanistan. Photo: Mohd Rasfan / AFP
The Vanishing Coverage of Women’s Lives Is a Policy Risk
When women’s stories disappear, so does the clearest record of truth, justice, and whether human rights truly exist.
They Called It Socialism. We Lived a Dictatorship.
From Caracas to Tehran, the people fighting for freedom are asking the same thing: stop protecting our dictators and start listening to those who live under them.
As Iranians Rise Up, the World is Silent
Iran’s latest uprising reveals a stark gap between the courage of its people and the response of the international community, writes Marzieh Hamidi.
In Japan, Takaichi’s Election is a Political Milestone. But Women Remain Divided on What’s Next.
Three months after Sanae Takaichi’s historic election, Japanese women are wrestling with hope, skepticism, and concern over what her leadership means for gender equity. Photo: Japanese Cabinet Secretariat
Craftsmanship Is One of the Last Economic Paths Afghan Women Have
As the Taliban shut women out of work and education, Afghan craftswomen are turning embroidery into one of the last remaining paths to income, purpose, and survival. Photo: Andrew Quilty
Asian American Nurses Were WWII Heroes. History Left Them Behind.
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
On the Question of Peace, Two Nobel Laureates Issue a Warning
Two Nobel laureates from opposite sides of a war share a stark warning about what peace truly requires. Photo: Getty Images
What Is a Shadow Report, and Why Does It Matter So Much for American Women?
Once a tool of last resort for women living under authoritarian regimes, shadow reports are now turning the lens inward—on American democracy. Photo: Oleksandr Voloshynskyi
The Geopolitics of Aid Cuts Are Reshaping Women’s Safety Across the Middle East and North Africa
With Western support receding, MENA’s women-led organizations are being pushed to the brink and rewriting their own playbook for survival. More to Her Story sits down with five women leaders from across the region. Photo: Alexander Farnsworth
We Know the Development Finance System is Broken for Girls. Here’s a Blueprint to Fix It.
When we fund outcomes for girls, we don’t just save lives — we reshape a continent’s trajectory, write the leaders of FP2030 and Tiko.
At COP30, Indigenous Women Say That Climate Finance Alone Won’t Save the Amazon
As billions in climate finance are announced at COP30, Amazonian women pressed world leaders to see that protecting the forest requires power and autonomy, not just money.
After Roe, Churches Promised to Support Women. Three Years Later, Has Anything Changed?
Christian communities across America urged the Church to step up and support women after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Have they? Photo: Olivia Bowdoin / More to Her Story
Sara Sharif’s Life Could Have Been Saved. The System Looked Away.
The 2023 murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in Surrey, UK, has raised new questions in a review published by the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership.
In Gaza and Beyond, Child Marriage Persists Long After a Ceasefire
For teenagers like Rawya and Samah, the end of war in Gaza only brings marriage without choice. Photo: UNFPA
In Yemen, Marriage Rules Are Tightening Control Over Women
Since 2019, more than 70 restrictive marriage contracts have been imposed across Houthi-controlled territories, banning women from singing, carrying smartphones, and traveling without male guardians.