Women's rights

At this year’s Academy Awards a film called “Period. End of Sentence” won the Oscar for best short documentary. The movie focused on menstruation taboos…

At this year’s Academy Awards a film called “Period. End of Sentence” won the Oscar for best short documentary. The movie focused on the subject of…

In late June, the first Saudi women to legally drive a car in the kingdom started their engines and took off down the road.The lifting of Saudi Arabia’s…

In late October, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad issued a directive to state officials: raise the minimum age for marriage to eighteen years…

Christine Blasey Ford was 100 percent certain Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh was 100 percent certain he didn’t.But…

For many, witch trials may seem like a relic of early colonial America. But in fact witch-hunting is still a feature of rural life today in many parts of…

In late June, the first Saudi women to legally drive a car in the kingdom started their engines and took off down the road.The lifting of Saudi Arabia’s…

In the next decade, India may pass China to become the world’s most populous country.But there’s something odd about India’s population. At its last…

Back in 2014 there was an enormous international outcry after Islamic militants from the group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female high school students the…

For many, witch trials may seem like a relic of early colonial America. But in fact witch-hunting is still a feature of rural life today in many some of…