International

TIME names 44 women to annual Most Influential list

Australia’s army has a female leader for the first time

Church of England has its first female leader in 1,400 years

Afghan girls pretend to be boys under Taliban rule

Ending child marriage is a moral issue with a $175B price tag

Child marriage remains a major issue across the globe

UN warns women’s rights are regressing almost everywhere

Women in Ghana accused of witchcraft, exiled

Meet Tirana Hassan, new CEO of Doctors Without Borders USA

Hassan, a longtime humanitarian executive, steps in at a critical time

Taliban cracks down on full-face coverings

Gates Foundation: Global health cuts put millions of children at risk

Deaths of children are rising for the first time this century

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado: 'There's enormous hope'

'The world will understand how urgent it is to finally succeed because of the implications'

What to expect from Japan's Sanae Takaichi

The politician expected to become Japan's first woman prime minister is a staunch conservative who must tame inflation and deal with domestic strife

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for global women's health

It's the foundation's largest-ever investment in women's health research and development

Refugee-turned-rescuer: How women escape the Taliban

Friba Rezayee runs a nonprofit to help women fleeing the Taliban

Half the world's population receives a quarter of news coverage

The UN-backed Global Media Monitoring Project says women are seen, heard, or spoken about in just 26% of broadcast and print news.

'Erin Brockovich of China' helps foreign communities impacted by Chinese development

Environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang is working to hold China-owned companies operating overseas accountable.

Once worn, now wanted: The rise of resale

The global secondhand clothing market growth rate is outstripping general apparel, report says.

Human trafficking is up worldwide. AI is helping fight back

More women and girls are being exploited around the world. Technology has a bigger role than ever in protecting them.

The hottest luxury brands across the globe

Global uncertainty, rising inflation and shifting consumer behavior are reshaping the luxury market.

Outdoor adventure company empowers solo women travelers

Women Who Explore aims to provide a safe space for women to be themselves and explore without any caretaking responsibilities.

$9.7M worth of USAID contraceptives are going up in smoke

The birth control products were originally intended to reach women and girls in low- and middle-income countries.

1 million women and girls in Gaza Strip face mass starvation

Famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, a UN-backed authority on hunger warns.

Women's entrepreneurship rises across the globe

One in 10 women launched new businesses in 2023

The Taliban's war on women intensifies

Despite international efforts, Afghan women face increasing restrictions on their rights

WHO calls for expanded access to midwifery care models

The world's estimated 2.2 million midwives aren't evenly distributed, a trend reflected by disproportionately high maternal mortality rates in poorer countries.