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Two women wait for a canoe as flood overflows streets in Wadata in Makurdi, Nigeria, October 1, 2022.
Two women wait for a canoe as flood overflows streets in Wadata in Makurdi, Nigeria, October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi
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Women This Week: UN Projects Climate Crisis will Increase Intimate Partner Violence Rates

by Noël James September 13, 2024

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 7 to September 13. Read More

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Indigenous Women Seek Damages for Involuntary Birth Control
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 30 to October 6.
Blog Post by Noël James October 6, 2023 Women Around the World
Human Rights
Women This Week: French Athletes Prohibited from Playing in Hijab for 2024 Olympic Games
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 23 to September 29.
Blog Post by Noël James September 29, 2023 Women Around the World
Health Policy and Initiatives
Women This Week: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Higher Cancer Rates in Women  
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 16 to September 22.
Blog Post by Noël James September 22, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Corruption
    Claudia Escobar Mejía: Marshall-Plan Like Effort Needed to Eliminate Corruption in Central America
    Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.  
    Blog Post by Ann Norris September 22, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Climate Change
    The Energy Transition Is Fueling a Power Transition
    Gender equality is a crucial missing piece of the climate puzzle. If governments want a fighting chance of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and shifting to renewable energy, they must give women more access to inputs, education, and capital.
    Article by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon September 18, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Elections and Voting
    Women This Week: Mexico on Track to Elect First Woman President
    Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 9 to September 15.
    Blog Post by Noël James September 15, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Iran
    Remembering Mahsa Amini: Women Journalists Advancing Women, Peace & Security Principles
    A look at the role of journalists, especially female journalists, and the mission of Women, Peace, and Security a year after Mahsa Amini's death.
    Blog Post by Kathryn Pilgrim and Joan Johnson-Freese September 14, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Women and Foreign Policy Program
    The TikTok Trap
    TikTok is an easy scapegoat, but the lack of tech regulation and data protection is the underlying cause of our collective anxiety in the digital age.
    Blog Post by Catherine Powell and Alexandra Dent September 13, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Human Trafficking
    Melissa I.M. Torres: Border Communities, Migrants, and Asylum Seekers are Suffering
    It is time for a new approach to human trafficking. We need to change how we talk about human trafficking and tackle challenges faced by vulnerable communities. 
    Blog Post by Ann Norris September 11, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Sexual Violence
    Women This Week: Report Exposes Sexual Enslavement of Women by Eritrean Troops in Ethiopia
    Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 2 to September 8.
    Blog Post by Noël James September 8, 2023 Women Around the World