When discussing women in predominantly Islamic societies, the prominent narrative in the Western media tends to focus on oppression: the lack of opportunity, of advancement,...
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about how many women are presently working in the cyber security field. A figure of eleven percent...
By Grace Ndirangu and Pearl Atuhaire The Missing Peace Young Scholars Network (MPSN) is an initiative of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Women...
By: Soraya Kamali-Nafar In 1995 the United States (US) Congress adopted the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act, which made the performance of FGM on anyone...
By: Clara Fisher, Paige Harland, Kat Ilich, and Erin McGown In October 2000, after years of lobbying by women’s rights activists, the UN Security Council passed...
by Andrea Little Limbago Photo: Philip Jean-Pierre, Endgame As the government shutdown loomed large in 2013, Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, introduced a budget plan that...