An exhibition space commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre of protesters in Beijing and other Chinese cities opened Friday in New York, highlighting how recent changes in China have rejuvenated its…

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 13 to May 19.   

Opposition pro-democracy parties, particularly the progressive Move Forward party, demonstrated strong public support in Thailand's election.

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 April 15 to April 21.   

Over its decade of tracking women’s progress in the workforce, the Economist’s Glass Ceiling Index has registered very little improvement, as gendered structural barriers endure.

Thailand's upcoming election may see an opposition victory, but the military and monarchy are unlikely to respect the result.

Those on the socioeconomic margins understand one thing: civility is sometimes a luxury they cannot afford. 

Mounting frustration drives protests in Kenya.

Peter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war.

An impenetrable electoral process in Zimbabwe breeds cynicism in the next generation of voters, to the peril of democracy efforts.