Dec 21, 2023 | Middle East & North Africa, Staff Voices, Featured, Recent News
International Law and Gender Based Violence in Times of Armed Conflict By Vayuna Gupta On October 7, 2023, Gaza militants (Hamas) fired rockets into Israel territory killing more than 1400 civilians and taking nearly199 Israelis as hostages.[1] In response, Israel...
Dec 8, 2023 | Middle East & North Africa, Recent News
Women’s Bodies as Targets for Aggression Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Israel-Hamas War Global Rights for Women demands an end to patriarchal supremacy that perpetuates conflict and inequality through violent aggression and war. The women of the world,...
Jun 29, 2023 | Middle East & North Africa, Featured, Recent News
By Sophia Kulow For decades, Pakistan’s textile industry has supported Western countries’ exponential consumption of fabric goods. The country’s economy relies heavily on the textile sector, making Pakistan the eighth-largest exporter of textile commodities in Asia...
Mar 30, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Middle East & North Africa, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Featured
By Hanna Nussair “Rape is being used as a weapon of war in Ukraine.” “Girls are at an increasing risk of child marriage in Afghanistan.” “Sudan’s ban on female genital mutilation isn’s enough to protect women and girls.” Around the globe, we rely on storytellers to...
Nov 7, 2022 | Middle East & North Africa
By: Zeinab MohamudNovember 7, 2022 There are 35 million victims of human trafficking every single day internationally. Of those 35 million, 4.8 million are sex trafficking victims experiencing exploitation. Those who are extremely vulnerable to sexual exploitation are...
Jul 25, 2022 | Middle East & North Africa, Recent News
By: Madison Plemens-Schunk July 25, 2022 During August of 2021, after the Taliban seized Kabul, Afghan girls were prohibited from attending school. A month later, girls in primary school were told they could return with gender-segregated classes, including...
