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Remembering Adrienne Germain, Pioneer of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

Ellen Marshall and David Harwood
• June 5, 2022

Adrienne Germain, who helped shape international development and women’s rights for more than four decades, died on May 19, 2022, at her home in Oakland, Calif. She was 75 years old. Her passionate advocacy on behalf of the sexual…

Categories: Health and Population, Women

American University in Kyrgyzstan Is Offering Afghan Women a Haven. Will the Taliban Let Them Go?

Barbara Crossette
• August 27, 2021

Fears are running high among the vulnerable women of Afghanistan — scholars, writers and other intellectuals — that they may be prime targets for retribution and abuse by the Taliban’s ideologically driven tribal misogyny. In remote Kyrgyzstan, a Muslim…

Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Uncategorized

As Women’s Rights Gain Broadly in Africa, the Global Picture Looks More Mixed

Lori Silberman Brauner
• March 15, 2016

Hailing from various corners of the world, five activists gathered in New York recently to assess the progress of women’s rights globally — presenting a mixed picture of gains in Africa but threats to women’s rights through new programs…

Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Latin America, Women

Rights of Girls, a Politically Loaded Issue, May Sink in the New UN Development Goals

Barbara Crossette
• September 8, 2015

When member countries of the United Nations agreed to the Millennium Development Goals 15 years ago, advocates for stronger rights for women and girls were disappointed as governments (and the Vatican) balked at reasserting the bold promises of the…