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​FILE PHOTO: Afghan women clad in burkas wait for transportation on a road in Kabul November 5, 2012.
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UN: Taliban criminalizes sights and sounds of women

On Sunday, the United Nations condemned new laws enacted by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue that prohibit the display of women’s faces and bodies in public and said that “even the sound of a female voice” outside the home constitutes “a moral violation” and can be grounds for arrest.

The resident doctors hold placards while chanting slogans during a protest against the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor from Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital. The doctors' strike continues in the national capital, making a week since the indefinite protest began over the rape and murder of a medical student in Kolkata, causing disruptions to services and affecting patients.
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India’s doctors continue strike over Kolkata killing

Indian junior doctors extended their strike on Sunday, prompting thousands more to march in solidarity following the horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate medical student in Kolkata.

BJP Mahila Morcha workers celebrate the introduction of Women's Reservation Bill in the Special Session of the Parliament in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Asia

A political breakthrough for India’s women

On Monday, India opened its first special session of parliament since 2017, and expectations rose that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a plan to use the short session to make an unusual – maybe historic -- announcement.

Composite of a female UN peacekeeper, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
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What is feminist foreign policy?

Alles liebe zum Frauentag! To mark International Women's Day we delve into feminist foreign policy. Which countries have adopted the gender-focused framework that shapes how they interact with other states, and how does the policy play out in practice?

The Future (of Global Leadership) is Female
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The Future (of Global Leadership) is Female

Georgetown's Melanne Verveer discusses how global leadership for women is changing in the #MeToo era.