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December 6, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: New UN Report Finds Women Most At-Risk of Violence in Their Own Homes

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 November 23 to December 6.

Women shout slogans during a protest marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Caracas, Venezuela November 25, 2023.
Blog Post by Noël James and Uma Fox Women Around the World

November 22, 2024

Climate Change
Women This Week: Deadlock at COP29 to Update UN Action Plan on Gender and Climate

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 November 16 to November 22.

Women ministers, negotiators and delegates attend the Gender Day event at the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James and Uma Fox Women Around the World

November 15, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Online Abuse Against Women Surges After U.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 November 9 to November 15.

People rally days before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, during the National Women's March outside the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James and Uma Fox Women Around the World

November 8, 2024

Elections and Voting
Women This Week: Maia Sandu Wins Reelection in Moldova

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 November 2 to November 8.

Moldova's incumbent President and presidential candidate Maia Sandu celebrates with supporters following the announcement of the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential election, at her campaign headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova November 3, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

October 25, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Rate of Women Killed in Conflict Doubles in 2023

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 October 19 to October 25.

Women carry belongings on their heads while government soldiers loot homes and shops after a day of fighting in the village of Kayna in eastern Congo, November 18, 2008.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

October 18, 2024

Demonstrations and Protests
Women This Week: Women Demand that President Erdoğan Act to Address Domestic Violence

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 October 12 to October 18.

People take part in a demonstration to protest against all gender-based violence and femicide, ahead of International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Turkey March 3, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

October 11, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Highly Restrictive Six-Week Abortion Ban

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 October 5 to October 11.

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Highly Restrictive Six-Week Abortion Ban
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

November 1, 2024

Georgia
Women This Week: President Salome Zourabichvili Leads Protest Against Pro-Russia Ruling Party 

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 October 26 to November 1.

Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili addresses participants of a rally organized by supporters of opposition parties to protest against the result of a recent parliamentary election won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Blog Post by Linda Robinson and Noël James Women Around the World

October 4, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Women This Week: Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Disproportionately Impacts Women and Girls

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 September 28 to October 4.

A child stands between two women at a school turned into a shelter, in Port Sudan, Sudan, August 29, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

September 27, 2024

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Gisèle Pelicot is France’s New Feminist Hero

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 September 21 to September 27.

People attend a demonstration in support of rape victims and Gisele Pelicot, who was allegedly drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot, as the trial continues, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, September 14, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World