Turkey: Plaiting As Protest
Women’s willingness to alter their hair in solidarity with those suffering violence is “an alternative method of writing history”.
6 Mar 26
Women
“How Can There Be Peace Without Us?”
Conflict creates catastrophic, gender-specific crises, with women from minorities even worse impacted.
6 Mar 26
Ukraine: “My Only Goal Was to Survive”
One woman’s experience of enduring Russian captivity and pursuing her abuser through the courts.
6 Mar 26
Mothers, Medics, Entrepreneurs: The New Face of Mosul
Economic empowerment fuels a new chapter for women in a city once ravaged by war.
6 Mar 26
Syria: Be Exceptional, or Be Invisible
In Syria as elsewhere, women are granted dignity selectively.
5 Mar 26
Kazakhstan: “I Was Treated Like Property”
Civil society campaigns for a clear legal definition of sexual harassment that would allow abusers to be held accountable.
4 Mar 26
Turkey: The Return of the Women’s Matinee
“Even my husband doesn’t know what I wear here or how I dance here. This is my zone of liberation.”
13 Jan 26
Turkey: Keeping the Tandırs Burning
For local women, baking this traditional bread is heritage as well as livelihood.
22 Oct 25
Digital Abuse Knows No Borders
This is a global issue that crosses national borders and spans contexts, although with grimly similar consequences.
1 Aug 25
Is the Future Female for Turkish Politics?
The emergence of a new generation of women politicians is inspiring others to run for office.
5 Jun 25
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