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May 23, 2017

Immigration and Migration
The President’s Immigration Executive Order: What’s Gender Got to Do With It?

Earlier this month, I hosted a CFR roundtable with Becca Heller, director and cofounder of the International Refugee Assistance Project. My discussion with Heller brought to light some of the challenges women face at the intersection of immigration and gender.

A woman exits immigration after arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, U.S., January 28, 2017.

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.

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.

October 2, 2015

Iraq
Weekend Reading: Revisionist Jihad, Rationalism in Iraq, and Turkish-Kurdish Relations

Sam Heller discusses the revisionist ideology of Syria’s Ahrar al-Sham and the future of jihadi thought. Marwan Jabbar takes at look at Iraqis translating scientific articles into Arabic in an effor…

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