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May 26, 2023

Taiwan
Women This Week: Last of Taiwan’s Known “Comfort Women” Passes Away

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 May 20 to May 26.   

Former South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo holds the hand of a statue symbolising "comfort women" at the Seoul Comfort Women Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 2021.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

September 14, 2023

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.

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022.
Blog Post by Kathryn Pilgrim and Joan Johnson-Freese Women Around the World

May 12, 2023

Sudan
Women This Week: Thousands of Women and Girls Without Medical Care After Hospital Attacks in Sudan

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 May 6 to May 12.   

Sudanese refugee girls who have fled the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, attend their first entertainment and sport training session at makeshift shelter camps near the border between Sudan and Chad in Koufroun, Chad May 11, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

September 23, 2016

Morocco
Weekend Reading: Morocco’s Amazigh, Istanbul’s Rent, and the Teacher of al-Minya

Reading selections for the weekend of September 23, 2016.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 3, 2018

Japan
Nationalism, Japan, and a Changing Asia

Japan’s choices in a changing Asia will define the region’s future and will have tremendous impact on U.S. policy in Asia. Japanese today, like their neighbors on the Korean peninsula and in China, a…

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force tanks take part in an annual training session with Mount Fuji in the background at Higashifuji training field in Gotemba, Japan August 24, 2017.
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

May 2, 2022

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: April 23-29

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from April 23 to April 29, 2022. 

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition