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September 9, 2024

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.

Abortion rights demonstrators hold up signs and drum against the the windows of Denton City Hall while police watch from the inside as Denton’s city council meets to vote on a resolution seeking to make enforcing Texas’ trigger law on abortion a low priority for its police force, in Denton, Texas, U.S. June 28, 2022.
Blog Post by Ann Norris Women Around the World

October 27, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Sexual Assault Increasing Among Displaced Women in the Congo

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 October 21 to October 27.

Internally displaced Congolese Muslim women attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in the Munigi camp site near Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 21, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

January 10, 2020

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: 2019 Year in Review

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week”. This week’s post highlights the top news stories of 2019 and was compiled by Rebecca Turkington and Alexandra Bro. 

Women participate in a demonstration against gender violence, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 6, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

May 17, 2019

Namibia
Women This Week: #MeToo in Namibia

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, covering May 9 to May 16, was compiled by Rebecca …

Demonstrator hold placards during a protest after a panel of judges dismissed a sexual harassment complaint against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi in New Delhi, India, May 8, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

August 11, 2017

Middle East and North Africa
Weekend Reading: The Independence of Iraqi Kurds, China in the Middle East, and Tunisia’s Forgotten Palaces

Reading selections for the weekend of August 11, 2017.

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

May 31, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Electoral Gains Across the Globe

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, covering May 18 to May 28, was compiled by Rebecca…

Women at a polling station during the first phase of general election in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World