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Women ‘Disappear’ as They Move Up the Academic Ladder in the Sciences

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, senior Israeli researchers describe how structural barriers, institutional responses, and moments of national crisis shape who advances and who quietly disappears from scientific caree

02/11/2026

Afghan refugees

‘I’m Still Trapped in August 2021’: Afghan Women in Exile Share Haunting Memories With The Media Line

08/17/2025

‘Freedom Is Not a Privilege—It Is a Right’: Afghan Women Face Unrelenting Oppression as World Marks Int’l Women’s Day

03/09/2025

Conference of Presidents

‘The Jewish Community Is Changing’: Women Leaders Dominate Conference of Presidents Mission to Israel

02/20/2025

Afghan diaspora

A Bold Stand: Senior Taliban Deputy Defies Supreme Leader, Calls for Lifting Ban on Girls’ Education

01/22/2025

Mashaal Library

One Man’s Calling To Educate Women, Children in Tribal Pakistan

01/11/2025

Afghan diaspora

Afghan Diaspora Celebrates Yalda in Defiance of Taliban Repression

12/26/2024

Taliban Policies Reinforce ‘Gender Apartheid,’ Silencing Afghan Women, Experts Say

12/02/2024

2 Years After Mahsa Amini’s Death, Women Defy Iran’s Hijab Law Despite Crackdown

09/17/2024

Gender equality

Gender Equality Struggles Intensify for Israeli Women During War

08/27/2024

Afghan women’s rights

Abandoned Voices: Afghan Women’s Rights Activists Stranded in Limbo

08/24/2024

In Iraq, a Law That Can ‘Legalize Pedophilia’ Is on the Table

08/04/2024

‘They Have More at Stake’: Turkey Elects Wave of Women Mayors Amid Fears of Eroding Rights

04/08/2024

Ameera Alawadhi

More Women Secure Senior Positions in UAE, Egypt, as MENA Region Still Struggles With Gender Gap

03/14/2024

Divorced at 9, a Pakistani Tribal Girl Earns Degree in English Literature, Yearns for American University

03/11/2024

Global Efforts Intensify To End Female Genital Mutilation by 2030

02/09/2024