In recent years, women-only transportation options have emerged to serve women tired of being harassed on their way to work. But Dr. Shruti Kapoor asks, why can’t our public transportation systems keep women safe?
In Cameroon, women iron the breasts of their daughters in an attempt to delay sexual development. One organization has begun turning the tide against this violent practice. Nakinti reports.
Q&A with Mamamoni founder Nkem Okocha of Nigeria. Novine | Nigeria Like many successful microlenders, Nkem Okocha checks in regularly with the recipients of her loans. Unlike traditional lenders, she also checks in with…
Enmita Marin reports back from a historic march against gender-based violence in Peru. It was the biggest march I’ve seen in Peru in my lifetime. On August 13th, I joined tens of thousands of people marching through the…
Ever since the news broke for us late on the evening of December 28 with the e-mail headline, "RIOTS" from our new Kenyan correspondent, we have been closely, and painfully, following Kenya's plunge into post-election…
Youth activist Iffat Gill warns that the culture in Pakistan needs to catch up with technological freedoms of the digital age—or young lives will be at risk.
"I hope that someday, the family—so highly esteemed in our social structures—will protect women and young girls, and stop apologizing for men when they have wronged women." —Lilian Lindani Mwaita Cirambadare
When women are under threat from their own families, cultural change is needed. Multimedia artist Alina Chaudry says art and media are an important part of this change.
