Iraqi lawmakers’ proposal to amend the country’s family law and grant religious courts the authority to legalize marriages for underage girls is being pushed by the country’s Shiite parliamentary ...

Arshi Qureshi is a freelance journalist based in New York City, focusing on politics and social issues. She holds a master's ...

A new report from UN Women finds that more than 60 percent of homicides of women are carried out by their intimate partners ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is tragically ...

United Nations peacekeeping faces an uncertain future. Widely seen as a cornerstone of the UN’s contribution in world affairs ...

Trump, who referred to African nations during his first term as “shithole countries,” is also likely to favor cuts in aid: ...

A press encounter outside the UN Security Council noting 1,000 days of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine. David Lammy, foreign secretary of Britain, left, told Andrii Sybiha, his Ukrainian counterpart ...

At the COP29, underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, the crucial but contentious matter of climate financing for the global South could be resolved by the end of the conference on Nov. 22. For civil society, ...