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Sexual Violence

Women This Week: UN Projects Climate Crisis will Increase Intimate Partner Violence Rates

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.

Blog Post by Noël James September 13, 2024 Women Around the World
Maternal and Child Health

Women This Week: Texas Sues for Ability to Seek Records of Women who Obtain Out-of-State Abortions

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 August 31 to September 6.

Blog Post by Ann Norris September 9, 2024 Women Around the World
Election 2024

How Harris and Walz Might Handle Asia Policy

Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would take vastly different approaches to Asia policy if they won the White House.

Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick August 29, 2024 Asia Unbound

Experts in this Topic

Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Jerome A. Cohen

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies

Joshua Kurlantzick

Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia

Catherine Powell

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy

David J. Scheffer

Senior Fellow

José Miguel Vivanco

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights

Matthew C. Waxman

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy

Sexual Violence

Women This Week: Thousands Protest Murder and Rape of Female Doctor in India

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 August 17 to August 23.

Blog Post by Noël James August 22, 2024 Women Around the World
Human Rights

Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Statelessness of Religious and Ethnic Minority Groups

Henri J. Barkey, adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Laura van Waas, cofounder and codirector of the Institute of Statelessness and Inclusion, discuss the engagement of stateless populations—specifically religious and ethnic minority groups—with international relations, the international legal dimensions of statelessness, and the policy changes necessary to expand the right to nationality and citizenship.

Webinar by Henri J. Barkey , Laura van Waas and Irina A. Faskianos August 22, 2024 Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars
Afghanistan

How the Taliban’s Rule Is Fueling the Movement to End Gender Apartheid

The Taliban’s outright denial of women’s rights in Afghanistan has spurred a global push to combat gender-based oppression.

In Brief by Clara Fong and Noël James August 21, 2024

Women and Women's Rights

Women’s Power Index

Find out where women around the world wield political power—and why it matters.

Interactive by Linda Robinson and Noël James August 21, 2024 Women and Foreign Policy Program
Human Trafficking

Shadi Kourosh: Medical Community Efforts to Identify and Combat Human Trafficking

A Conversation with Dr. Arianne Shadi Kourosh, MD, MPH, Director of Community Health at the Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School.

Blog Post by Ann Norris August 20, 2024 Women Around the World
Peacekeeping

Women This Week: Sudanese Women Participate on Peace Talks

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 August 10 to August 16.

Blog Post by Noël James August 15, 2024 Women Around the World
Iran

Israel-Iran Tensions Escalate, Venezuela Election Questioned, Edinburgh Fringe Shines, and More

The Middle East braces for the possibility of a full-scale war between Israel and Iran-backed forces after the assassinations of Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr; Venezuelans protest the results of the presidential election that grant incumbent President Nicolás Maduro a third term; the Edinburgh Festival Fringe spotlights wide-ranging, new talent; imprisoned journalists in Russia are freed in a major prisoner swap; and militant groups kill troops from Russia’s private military company Wagner Group, including a Wagner commander, in Mali.

Podcast with Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins August 1, 2024 The World Next Week
United Kingdom

Why a Feminist Foreign Policy

Utilizing an approach that centers on gender equality and gender analysis ensures that policymakers in countries better understand the impact of foreign policy decisions on individuals and every part of a community.

Blog Post by Susan A. Markham and Stephenie Foster July 31, 2024 Women Around the World
Maternal and Child Health

Women This Week: UN Reports on Sexual Violence and Other Crimes Against Sudanese Refugees

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 20 to July 26.

Blog Post by Noël James and Imaan Mirza July 25, 2024 Women Around the World
Olympics

Politics and Protest at the Olympics

The International Olympic Committee says the games are not meant to be political. But governments and athletes have frequently used the Olympics to make statements through boycotts and protests.

Timeline by CFR.org Editors July 23, 2024
Israel

Injustice, Israel, and the "International Court of Justice"

The ICJ's "advisory opinion" on Israeli "settlements" in Jerusalem and the West Bank is an injustice that gives evidence of considerable bias against the Jewish State.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams July 20, 2024 Pressure Points
Gambia

Women This Week: Gambian Parliament Rejects Effort to Allow Female Genital Mutilation

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 13 to July 19.

Blog Post by Noël James and Imaan Mirza July 18, 2024 Women Around the World