In the words of Evelyn Amony: “I was forced to become one of his 27 ‘wives’…
Category: World
Day Without a Woman
Womenchapter Desk: The group behind the Women’s March on Washington in protest of Donald Trump’s presidency announced…
What It’s Like to Experience Female Genital Cutting
Hannah Smothers: When she was 7 years old, Mariya Karimjee sat on a tarp in a…
Gender discrimination and girls sufferings is universal
Pamelia Khaled and Sriya Islam: Arise woman, arise and raise your voice; use your power…
Women’s bodies are not their own according to Oklahoma lawmaker
Womenchapter Desk: An Oklahoma state legislator, Rep. Justin Humphrey, is pushing a bill that would require…
UN on gender imbalance in the scientific world
Womenchapter Desk: “On this International Day, I urge commitment to end bias, greater investments in STEM…
Woman lashed in public in Indonesia
Womenchapter Desk: A video has emerged of a woman being lashed in public with a cane…
Russian women asked to be ‘proud of their bruises’
Womenchapter Desk: A Russian newspaper has claimed victims of domestic abuse should be ‘proud of their…
Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation
Womenchapter Desk: Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on…