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May 10, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Women and Girls Facing Severe Challenges as Israel Plans Rafah Invasion

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers May 4 to May 10.  

Women inspect as a house damaged in an Israeli strike lies in ruin, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2024.
Blog Post by Noël James Women Around the World

April 13, 2022

Afghanistan
How to Protect the Hope for Girls' Education in Afghanistan

The Taliban, heavily influenced by the Haqqanis, will continue using Afghan girls’ education as a bargaining chip on matters such as international recognition, financial sanctions, and aid.

A 4th grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021.
Blog Post by Melissa Skorka Asia Unbound

April 30, 2024

Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
Renewed Efforts are Urgently Needed to Fight Increase in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Without accelerated efforts, there is no chance of getting anywhere close to eliminating FGM/C by 2030. 

Women from the Samburu tribe who escaped from gender based violence play with their children outside a traditional mud dwelling known as Manyatta at the Umoja village where men are restricted, in Samburu near Archers Post in the northern Samburu County, Kenya.
Blog Post by Ann Norris Women Around the World

October 10, 2019

Education
Investing in Girls’ STEM Education

New technologies are dramatically transforming work and the global economy every day. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers hold tremendous promise for millions of girls an…

All-girl team from Afghanistan prepares to compete in first international robot Olympics.
Blog Post by Meighan Stone and Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World

March 13, 2024

Global
The President’s Inbox Recap: International Women’s Day

Adolescence is one of the most formative periods in a girl’s life.

Five girls as viewed sitting in a line.
Blog Post by Michelle Kurilla The Water's Edge

November 18, 2020

Education
Ensuring Access to Education for Girls During a Humanitarian Crisis and Conflict

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest education emergency in history, with consequences that could reverse decades of progress in girl's education. Ensuring continuity of education amid COVID…

Syrian refugee girl in the Zaatari camp in Jordan
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World