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February 10, 2025

China
Marriages in China Crash, Portending Deeper Demographic Woes

Numbers of marriages in China dropped dramatically in 2024. The continuing decline in marriages likely signals further declines in birth rates, intensifying China's demographic headwinds.

A baby looks out a window of the train during the Spring festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year, at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, China, January 24, 2025.
Post by Carl Minzner Asia Unbound

March 17, 2025

Demonstrations and Protests
Women This Week: Protests Held in Multiple Countries for International Women’s Day

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 March 8 to March 14.

People gather during a joint protest of students and workers on International Women's Day in Belgrade, Serbia March 8, 2025.
Post by Noël James Women Around the World

October 10, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Taking Stock on the International Day of the Girl Child

Colombia, Sweden, and the United Nations to convene the First Global Ministerial on Ending Violence Against Children.

Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, walk beside makeshift shelters holding each other's hands in Adre, Chad July 29, 2023.
Post by Linda Robinson and Noël James Women Around the World

January 12, 2024

Women and Foreign Policy Program
Virtual Roundtable: Ending Child Marriage in the United States and Abroad
Play Payzee Mahmod, Casey Swegman, and Ann Norris discuss ending child marriage in the United States and abroad
Virtual Event by Payzee Mahmod, Casey Swegman, and Ann Norris Renewing America

December 18, 2013

Women and Women's Rights
Child Marriage

Child marriage remains widespread in developing countries, disproportionately affecting girls and endangering their lives and livelihoods. Rooted in cultural tradition and poverty, the practice not o…

Infoguide by Brianna Lee

March 13, 2023

United States
It’s Time to End Child Marriage in the United States

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. States. Before it can curb this harmful practice abroad, the U.S. must first end it at home.

Child Marraige
Post by Ann Norris Renewing America

March 14, 2025

United Nations
Beijing+30: The Global Summit for Women’s Equality

Gathering to mark a historic anniversary in the fight for women’s equality, world leaders and activists find little to celebrate and a great deal to worry about. But a new generation of leaders and a…

Protesters chant at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza during the No Backlash to Women's Rights rally in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.
Post by Linda Robinson Women Around the World