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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks on immigration enforcement during the Sheriff's Coalition Annual Spring Meeting in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Sessions’ Draconian Asylum Decision

Sessions found that a domestic violence victim from El Salvador—perhaps the most dangerous country on earth in which to be a woman—would not qualify for asylum, even though her own country had utterly failed to protect her.

Caroline Bettinger-López and Rachel Vogelstein

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Gender Jun 15, 2018 Snapshot

Sessions’ Draconian Asylum Decision

Sessions found that a domestic violence victim from El Salvador—perhaps the most dangerous country on earth in which to be a woman—would not qualify for asylum, even...

Caroline Bettinger-López and Rachel Vogelstein

Politics & Society Mar 6, 2018 Snapshot

How #MeToo Became a Global Movement

By mobilizing communities, establishing strategies of resistance, raising awareness, and breaking down the taboos that have traditionally silenced conversations about...

Pardis Mahdavi

At the Women's March in Washington, D.C., January 2017

Politics & Society January/February 2018 Essay

Let Women Work

In the modern global economy, enfranchising women is a strategic imperative, and the United States should lead the effort to eliminate the legal impediments to female...

Rachel Vogelstein

A woman’s place: at a car show room in Riyadh, October 2017

From the Archives Nov 28, 2017 Snapshot

Violence Against Women and International Security

The most widespread threat to women and girls globally is domestic violence, especially violence perpetrated by intimate partners

Michelle Sieff

United Nations Security Council members vote to approve a resolution condemning the use of sexual violence against women in conflict during a Security Council meeting on women, peace, security, and sexual violence in conflict at UN Headquarters in New Yor

Civil Society Oct 6, 2017 Snapshot

How War Altered Pakistan's Tribal Areas

Sixteen years of war have torn apart the old social fabric in FATA.

Umar Farooq

From the Archives Jun 9, 2017 Snapshot

UN Peacekeepers' Sexual Assault Problem

The world's most powerful states must take action against the sexual exploitation and abuse of women being committed by too many peacekeeping soldiers.

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stand guard in a formation following demonstrations in Beni in North Kivu province, October 2014.

Gender May 30, 2017 Letter From

The Suffering of Egypt's Transgender Community

Transgender individuals in Egypt face a wealth of challenges, from difficulty obtaining basic treatment for gender dysphoria to discrimination from the police and...

Aya Nader

A woman walks along the sand dunes as the sun sets over rocks in the White Desert north of the Farafra Oasis, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, May 2015.

From the Archives May 5, 2017 Snapshot

How to Get Women Back Into the Workplace

Boosting Productivity by Empowering Mothers

Alexis Crow

Civil Society May 2, 2017 Snapshot

The Global Backlash Against Gay Rights

No revolution worth its salt comes without pushback. The fight for gay rights is no exception.

Omar G. Encarnación

Gender Apr 27, 2017 Letter From

Women Are Dying in Turkey

Under the increasingly authoritarian rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government is squashing dissent and pushing policies that are detrimental to women.

Sophia Jones and Nicole Tung

Eda Okutgen's sisters (L to R) Nazli and Nida, and her best friend Funda, hold a picture of Eda while posing for a portrait in Izmir, February, 2017.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Feb 17, 2017 Snapshot

Extremism's Earliest Critics

In international security circles, intelligence and early warnings are valuable commodities. Many working in the field of women, peace, and security have long pointed...

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the draft of the

Politics & Society Feb 14, 2017 Snapshot

Ties That Bind

Marriage is in retreat and cohabitation is on the advance, with negative implications for children.

W. Bradford Wilcox and Laurie DeRose

Jordanian grooms and brides take part in a mass wedding ceremony in Amman, July 20, 2007.

Gender Jan 31, 2017 Snapshot

Protest After the March on Washington

Tensions in the anti-Trump intersectional movement will simmer.

Samantha Eyler

Demonstrators take part in the Women's March to protest Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States close to the White House in Washington, January 21, 2017.

Security Jan 19, 2017 Snapshot

Norway's Radical Military Experiment

A Norwegian battalion's experiment with full gender integration shows that the practice has more benefits than is commonly supposed.

Elisabeth Braw

Norwegian troops during an exercise in northern Norway, May 2015.

Gender Dec 8, 2016 Snapshot

Diversity and U.S. National Security

Although the pool of talent in the national security arena is not a perfect representation of the diversity of America, it is deep and wide enough to begin to...

Reuben E. Brigety II

U.S. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton at the 50th anniversery of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington, August 2013.

Campaign 2016 Nov 16, 2016 Snapshot

Men Are From Mars

Why did Trump, a candidate with an extreme and one-sided gendered personality, win the electoral college and came so close to winning the popular vote?

Monika L. McDermott

Donald Trump, now U.S. president-elect, on the campaign trail, October 2016.

Gender Oct 30, 2016 Snapshot

Pakistan's Dishonor Killings

Starting earlier this year, the Pakistani parliament, of which I am a member, has worked to block acquittals in crimes of honor.

Nafisa Shah

An internally displaced woman, fleeing a military offensive in the Swat valley region, May 28, 2009.

Campaign 2016 Sep 11, 2016 Snapshot

Gendered Votes

Gendered personalities have strong and intuitive effects on political behavior.

Monika L. McDermott

U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a

Gender Aug 10, 2016 Snapshot

Guardians of the Gender Gap

For a Saudi woman, personal choice is a luxury. Her decisions must conform to her male guardian’s.

Hala Aldosari

A female Saudi telephone operator works at the International Medical Center in Jeddah June 4, 2007.

Gender Jul 26, 2016 Snapshot

Development's Gender Gap

Development leaders ought to elevate advancement for women and girls, which is chronically underfunded.

Rachel Vogelstein

An internally displaced woman carries her child as they wait for assistance at Hariirad town of Awdal region, Somaliland April 9, 2016.

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