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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 18, 2023
Climate Change
The Energy Transition Is Fueling a Power Transition
Gender equality is a crucial missing piece of the climate puzzle. If governments want a fighting chance of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and shifting to renewable energy, they must give women mor…
October 21, 2020
Afghanistan
Trump’s Afghanistan troop pullout plan leaves Afghan women scared for their rights, and their lives
As the U.S. reduces its presence, women fear they will be bombed and assassinated into a return to the past.
December 16, 2020
Afghanistan
America can’t stay in Afghanistan forever, but it matters how we leave
(CNN)As President Trump seeks to draw down US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, some have argued the decision is about bringing an end to America's endless wars. But the real issue is how to create e…
March 24, 2020
Syria
If coronavirus spreads to this population, it could be catastrophic
"I have no idea where my friends are," the teenage girl told me as we stood under the bright sun of a brisk winter morning. It was last December, and I was visiting Washokani camp, a displaced person…
October 28, 2019
Syria
Syrian Women Helped Find Baghdadi, Beat ISIS, Will Face ‘Tough Time’ Ahead, Leader Says
'We will continue our resistance and our struggle,' says the head of the all-women’s YPJ, in a rare interview.