The Globalist

Why do we tolerate a gap in leadership on women’s rights?

Akumaa Mama Zimbi helps widows in Ghana preserve their land and their rights.

A government program in Egypt helps educate and train young blind woman as classical musicians.

Brazil struggles with rampant sexism.

Are Berber women in Morocco’s argan groves holding back the spreading Sahara by producing a first-world luxury?

How did Turkey’s ban on head scarves inhibit the advancement of women’s rights?

What did the Arab Spring do for the rights of women in the Middle East? And how can the West help?

How does the legacy of the late Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai live on?

How did Wangari Maathai help change the social landscape of Africa?

How might environmentalists try to hang their hats on ending gender discrimination?