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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

Heads of State and Government
Women’s Power Index: Find Out Where Women Lead—and Why It Matters
New data from CFR’s Women’s Power Index tracks countries on their progress toward gender parity in political representation.  
Blog Post by Linda Robinson and Noël James July 20, 2023 Women Around the World
Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Expanded Access Comes as Iowa Moves to Enact Six-Week Abortion Ban
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 July 1 to July 14.  
Blog Post by Noël James July 13, 2023 Women Around the World
Saudi Arabia
Mahsa Amini, Media, and the Saudi-Iranian Détente
The Mahsa Amini protests gave Riyadh leverage over Tehran and the Kingdom's media capabilities proved to be a tool capable of advancing the countries’ new mutual goal: preempting a women-led second Arab Spring
Blog Post by Simone Lipkind July 11, 2023 Women Around the World
  • Japan
    Women This Week: Japan Makes Headway on Access to 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 June 24 to June 30.  
    Blog Post by Noël James June 30, 2023 Women Around the World
  • United States
    Women This Week: Women’s Health a Year After the Dobbs v. Jackson Ruling
    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 June 17 to June 23.   
    Blog Post by Noël James June 22, 2023 Women Around the World