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June 16, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Social Justice Movements and Twitter: Digital Revolutions in the United States and Abroad

In recent years, activists in global social movements such as #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, and #BringBackOurGirls have harnessed social media to raise awareness of injustice and counter prevailing narr…

Play People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013.

July 14, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series Guest Event: "Awakening—#MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights"

Speakers discuss the new book, Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights. Since 2017, millions have joined the global movement known as #MeToo, catalyzing an unprecedented wave of wom…

Play Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration called by feminist movements in front of the city hall in Paris, on July 10, 2020, to denounce the nomination of French Interior Minister, facing rape accusations and French Justice Minister who criticised the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.

July 13, 2021

Women and Women's Rights
Global #MeToo Movement Has Potential to Revolutionize Gender Roles, New Book Reveals

Rachel Vogelstein and Meighan Stone's new book Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women’s Rights is out today. 

Book cover reading Awakening by Rachel Vogelstein and Meighan Stone

October 6, 2022

Arctic
UNGA Vote on Russia’s Annexation, Arctic Circle Assembly, International Day of the Girl, and More

The UN General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory; thousands of participants gather in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the Arctic Circle Ass…

Podcast Marine Seismic in the Arctic

September 19, 2023

United Kingdom
A Conversation With UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly discusses the United Kingdom’s foreign policy priorities and approach to the seventy-eighth United Nations General Assembly.

Play A Conversation With UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

June 5, 2023

Sudan
Resolving Sudan’s Crisis Will Require Inclusive Peace

Women, who were at the forefront of the country’s pro-democracy movement in 2019, require renewed support to enable lasting peace.

Protesters march during a rally commemorating the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, Sudan December 19, 2022.