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March 21, 2024

United States
Women Voters’ Pivotal Role in Electing the Next U.S. President

The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.

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March 8, 2024

Nigeria
Hafsat Abiola: Invest in Women to Accelerate Progress

The president of Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative, Hafsat Abiola, shares her experiences for International Women’s Day under the theme “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.”

A woman works in a rice mill in Aliade community in the Gwer local government area of the central state of Benue October 4, 2012.

March 6, 2023

United States
Biden’s Progress on Women’s Rights: Good Start, But Not Fast Enough

More than two years into his presidency, Joseph Biden has achieved some of his gender equality goals, and fallen short on others.

President Biden hosts a virtual meeting with governors inside the White House

July 20, 2023

Heads of State and Government
Women’s Power Index: Find Out Where Women Lead—and Why It Matters

New data from CFR’s Women’s Power Index tracks countries on their progress toward gender parity in political representation.  

Women's Power Index

February 6, 2023

United States
Women in the 118th Congress: Halting Progress, Storm Clouds Ahead

Women made modest gains in representation in the 2022 Congressional midterms but the path for women's issues in the 118th Congress is uncertain.

women in congress

December 15, 2011

Defense and Security
Guest Post: Linda Robinson on the End of the Iraq War

Members of the U.S. Air Force board a plane at al-Asad air base in Iraq before flying to the United States. (Mohammed Ameen/courtesy Reuters) I woke up this morning to an email inbox full of news al…

Members of the U.S. Air Force board a plane before flying to the U.S., at al-Asad air base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar November 1, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Oct. 21 that American troops would fully withdraw from Iraq by year-end, as scheduled under a 2008 security pact between the two countries. Picture taken November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen