A History of Mob Violence
Natasha Smith says that the group sexual assault she suffered on Tahrir Square hasn’t dimmed her affection for Egypt. This is generosity to a fault.
View ArticleScore 1 for Saudi Women’s Rights
The Saudi government’s decision to allow Saudi women in the Olympics may seem modest, but it’s a milestone: a sign that public pressure can change policy.
View ArticleThe Fairer Leaders
Many sub-Saharan African countries are well ahead of Western states in terms of female representation in politics. The payoff could be huge.
View ArticleFrom Abortion to Contraception
Modern birth-control methods are finally starting to catch on in Georgia, but myopic politics continue to stand in the way.
View ArticleThe Shame of Putin’s Courts
The Pussy Riot show trial is a cynical travesty of justice, bringing an increasingly familiar sense of shame to Russians.
View ArticleRomance With Chinese Characteristics
As Chinese Valentine’s Day nears, preparations for matchmaking events are picking up. Never mind chemistry, though, what counts is money and connections.
View ArticlePakistan’s Missing Voters
Current electoral lists for Pakistan’s next general election may be short 20 million eligible voters.
View ArticleThe Importance of Being Finished
If finishing schools have a future at all, it may be in places like China, where the nouveau riche increasingly think about their manners.
View ArticleThe Child Who Made My Belly Hurt
How can Japan be so obsessed with aging demographics yet so behind on obstetrics and gynecology?
View ArticleBy the Teeth of Their Skin
Does a campaign like International Topless Jihad Day really help feminists in the Arab world?
View ArticleSeparate but Equal
For more than 20 years, a small group of Jewish women has been fighting against the Orthodox rule at the Western Wall. Finally, their day has come.
View ArticleThe ‘Poisoned’ Girls of Afghanistan
Health experts are convinced that a form of mass hysteria explains thousands of incidents of alleged poisonings among school-age girls.
View ArticleCovered or Not
The movement to emancipate Turkish women through secularization in the 1920s was just a first step in achieving gender equality. It’s time observant religious women also benefited.
View ArticleJapanese Idol
Japan’s most popular female musical act holds a civic lesson for politicians.
View ArticleAbout the Malala Backlash
National pride is a complicated thing in a country, like Pakistan, that has yet to sort out its identity.
View ArticleThe Only-Child Blues
Relaxing the one-child policy may hurt some Chinese women by reviving patriarchal Confucian practices.
View ArticleFrom Abortion to Contraception
Modern birth-control methods are finally starting to catch on in Georgia, but myopic politics continue to stand in the way.
View ArticleThe Shame of Putin’s Courts
The Pussy Riot show trial is a cynical travesty of justice, bringing an increasingly familiar sense of shame to Russians.
View ArticleRomance With Chinese Characteristics
As Chinese Valentine’s Day nears, preparations for matchmaking events are picking up. Never mind chemistry, though, what counts is money and connections.
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