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...
Jun 24, 2022 | North America, Recent News
By: Madison Plemens-Schunk June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade was a landmark case for abortion rights. Because of this case, legalized abortion became far more common, and safe abortions were performed nationwide. In 1970, Jane Roe (an alias to protect the plaintiff’s...
Jun 7, 2022 | North America, Recent News
By: Cheryl Thomas June 7, 2022 The verdict in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against Amber Heard is a devastating blow to victims of violence and all women. Amber Heard has lost in one of the most publicized trials concerning domestic abuse that this country...
Apr 14, 2022 | Recent News, Sub-Saharan Africa, Updates and Events
By: Darcy Berglund April 14, 2022 Christina Ruhinda is here in the United States from her home country of Tanzania as an International Hubert Humphrey Fellow with Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Policy at the University of Minnesota. The program encourages...
Jul 7, 2021 | Recent News, Staff Voices, Updates and Events
Arabella Babb Mansfield, Cheryl Thomas, and the Fertile Ground of Iowa By Darcy Berglund July 7, 2021 It is a thrill to announce that Cheryl Thomas, Founder and Executive Director of Global Rights for Women, has been chosen by the National Association of Women...
May 4, 2021 | Recent News, Sub-Saharan Africa, Updates and Events
Breaking Silence with Tea Ceremonies and Healing Circles By Patricia Cumbie, Communications Manager May 5, 2021 Comfort Dondo moved to Minnesota from Zimbabwe in 2004, and in 2012 sought shelter from an abusive relationship. She found the shelter experience...
