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October 6, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Indigenous Women Seek Damages for Involuntary Birth Control

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 September 30 to October 6.

A young and an old woman in traditional Inuit clothing stand after a baptism in front of the Nuuk Cathedral (Church Of Our Saviour) in Nuuk, Greenland, September 5, 2021
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

January 13, 2023

Iran
Women This Week: Iranian Government Continues Brutal Crackdown on “Women, Life, Freedom”

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 January 7 to January 13.

Members of the Iranian community living in Turkey attend a protest in support of Iranian women, after the death of Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey December 13, 2022.
Blog Post by Caroline Kapp Women Around the World

May 1, 2023

Middle East and North Africa
Yemen’s Tragedy: War, Stalemate, and Suffering

Yemen’s internal divisions and a Saudi-led military intervention have spawned an intractable political, military, and humanitarian crisis.

Five Houthis ride atop a military vehicle.
Backgrounder by Kali Robinson

June 4, 2013

Iran
Human Rights in Iran

Global monitors say Iran’s human rights situation is poor and unlikely to improve amid a climate of political uncertainty and growing external pressures. But activists urge continued international sc…

Backgrounder by Jayshree Bajoria and Robert McMahon Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program

August 9, 2006

Human Rights
Iran’s Waning Human Rights

With international attention focused on Tehran’s nuclear activities, democracy advocates, journalists, and human rights campaigners in Iran face a worsening situation and daily harassment. 

Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner