One year after the Nepal earthquake, clean water is still in short supplyBindu Nagarkoti pulls a blanket over her 10-month-old baby and gets ready for an afternoon full of household chores and...
Women are trying to rebuild Nepal house by house. But patriarchy is standing in the wayIn a hilltop village in Nagarkot, Nepal, 24-year-old Prapti Tamang looks at the scattered remains of her old home –...
At CSW, A Discussion to End to the Harassment of Women OnlineIn a January 2015 report by UN Women and the UN Broadband Commission, nearly three-quarters of women who were online reported...
Three Female Judges Just Made History By Convicting a Commander for Rapes Committed by His TroopsToday the International Criminal Court reached an historic decision, finding former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of murder, rape and...
What You Might Not Know about the History of International Women’s DayToday is International Women’s Day. It was founded in 1908 with a march through New York City of women demanding...
Live from World Government Summit–Special Podcast EpisodeThis is a special episode of the podcast, recorded live from the World Government Summit in Dubai. This is a...
Today is the Day the UN Celebrates Women and Girls in Science. Here’s Why That’s So ImportantThink on this: What happens to the typical man with a PhD in science after his wife has their first...
After Tragedy, a Successful UN Test Case in Peru for Reproductive RightsFifteen years ago in Lima, Peru a 17-year-old girl, K.L., was told her unborn fetus had anencephaly. The birth defect...
Episode 94: Marcy Hersh and the fight for female refugeesMarcy Hersh recently returned from a research trip to the Balkans, where she followed refugee women and girls as they...