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February 12, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Violence Against Uighur Women

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 February 2 to February 12.   

Uighur women participate in a protest against the Chinese government in Istanbul, Turkey.
Article by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

May 18, 2016

Human Rights
UN Special Rapporteur Breaks New Ground with Report on Gendered Aspects of Torture

Last week I hosted a CFR roundtable with Juan E. Mendez, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment, to discuss his new report on…

Juan E. Mendez, U.N. special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, attends a news conference in Colombo
Blog Post by Catherine Powell Women Around the World

January 29, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Equality in Estonia

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 22 to January 29.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas speaks to the press after she took her oath of office.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

July 19, 2022

United States
What Does the Supreme Court’s Decision in West Virginia v. EPA Mean for U.S. Action on Climate?

The Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limits the scope of the agency’s regulatory powers with broader implications for all federal rulemaking on clima…

Protesters Gather Outside a Coal Plant in Grant Town, WV in April, 2022.
Blog Post by Alice C. Hill Renewing America

August 15, 2018

Religion
U.S. Immigration Policy

Michelle Mendez, senior attorney and manager of the Defending Vulnerable Populations Project at Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., discusses legal responses to U.S. immigration policy, as part of CFR’s Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

Podcast
Conference Call by Michelle Mendez and Irina A. Faskianos Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars