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A volunteer paints a mural on a wall in Irbid, Jordan, February 25, 2023.

Women’s Labor-Force Participation in the Middle East

by Christina Bouri

How to bridge workplace gender gaps in the region

Poverty
A widow poses at the entrance of a staircase at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in the pilgrimage town of Vrindavan, in Uttar Pradesh, India, on March 6, 2013.

India’s “Widow Village”

by Hussain Mir

Silicosis deaths are rising among miners in Budhpura, Rajasthan

Mayor Chilando Chitangala wears a light blue tweed blazer and sitesin a black desk chair in her office
Urbanization

Road Safety in Lusaka

Mayor Chilando Chitangala on road safety, public health, and her political ambitions

a photo of mary dempsey
Gender

The Woman Behind “Years of Life Lost”

by Kristofor Larsen

The lost story of Mary Dempsey, who developed a foundational metric of global health

Women delegates in ethnic minority costumes leave the Great Hall of the People following the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Gender

Women in China After Zero-COVID

by Chen Chen

China’s future will be determined by its gender policies

a young woman wearing a light blue surgical face mask rests her head on an empty oxygen tank
Gender

India’s Invisible Chains

by Christianez Ratna Kiruba

In India, women shoulder a disproportionate share of the caregiving burden  

A family member holds a photograph of Rosivel Elisabeth Grande in Quezaltepeque, Honduras, on July 2, 2013. Grande was killed by an unidentified man who shot her five times when she was going to work
Gender

When Love Becomes Violence

Countries in Central America should build resilient institutions capable of implementing programs that support women

Ruqqayah Abubakar lies on a bed after being treated at an obstetric fistula repair centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria August 1, 2018.
Gender

Preventable but Prevalent: An Injury Affecting Millions of Mothers

by Susan K. Barnett

Two solutions that could help women in low-and middle-income countries

Ukrainian family Mykhalchenko read and listen to Better Time Stories, a project introduced for Ukrainian children who are seperated from their families in Rotterdam, Netherlands October 25, 2022.
Governance

Best Books of 2022

by TGH Editorial Team

The novels, nonfiction, and media our colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations enjoyed most this year

An woman walks along a street in Tehran, Iran, on May 26, 2021. Behind her stretches a wall with thick colorful horizontal stripes in shadess of blue and aqua.
Gender

Women and Stroke in Iran

by Athena Sharifi-Razavi

Stroke-prevention efforts fail to meet low-income women’s needs

Plumes of black smoke rise up into the air behind a car as it passes the Lysychansk Oil Refinery after if was hit by a missile at Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, on April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Gender

Leaving Ukraine

by Susan K. Barnett

A story about helping people with disabilities escape the war in Ukraine

Asmita Koladiya, a health-care worker, carrying her eight-month-old daughter, gives a dose of vaccine against COVID-19 to a man in Lodhida village, in Gujarat, India, on February 2, 2022.
Gender

Women Are Transforming Health in Rural Villages in India

by Mukteshwari Bosco, Maya Welch, Gayathri Prashanth

Community health "entrepreneurs" prevent disease, strengthen social safety nets, and improve well-being

Tomatoes ripen on a vine in a garden in Santa Maria Chiquimula, Guatemala.
Food

Growing Beyond Cultural Barriers in Guatemala

by Isabella Rolz, Jorge Rodriguez

How a young Maya woman is helping other women in her community blossom, one garden at a time

A woman takes part in a rally to commemorate International Women's Day in Karachi March 8, 2012
Gender

Pakistan's Femicide Crisis

by Anmol Irfan

Disinformation, state neglect, and patriarchal conditioning have perpetuated violence against women