It’s Wednesday, 7pm, and I’m crying for no precise reason. I guess I’m not alone; these days are terrible for many of us. But I’ve been...

(Version française originale en bas) I have laid these words on paper a dozen times, trying to find the right words to express what it is...

Three years after #MeToo, France is witnessing a new awakening of the popular movement, designed to break the silence around sexual assault.

We have all been there, sitting in the couch, watching a movie with our parents in the late hours of a quiet Saturday afternoon. And then...

2020 is almost over, Covid-19 has officially celebrated its first anniversary, and it is time to address the elephant in the room: the...

Last winter, Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel Little Women was released on screen.

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Alberto Fernandez, elected President of Argentina, is awakening an unsettled debate that has been shaking up the country for decades.

No doubt if these woods were burning someone would cry for help. She would like to scream “Fire!” but she can’t even scream “Rape”. We often

On November 10th, the Hungarian government proposed to amend the State’s Constitution to enshrine the protection of “Christian values” in re

In recent years the words ‘mental health’ have integrated to become part of everyday conversation, yet, in this month of November, they...

Periods; half of the world has them, but can all of that half afford them?

The recent murder of George Floyd in the USA has sparked protests and riots worldwide as, in the wake of such tragedy, people are rising...

The Polish parliament (Sejm) is preparing to vote on a law that could result in severe abortion rights restrictions. As of today, Polish...

This policy brief presents some preliminary findings of a recently launched assessment of existing policy measures regarding women's...

©Roza Shahinyan for The Elephant in the Room Confinement is a complex reality for everyone. But it can be especially painful and...

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©Illustrations by Sophia Riahi It’s funny how time makes everything clearer. What follows, these words that I am finally willing to lay...

The 8th of March 2020 marks the 43rd anniversary since the United Nations General Assembly officially declared international women’s day...

In the common collective imagination, a woman’s place in war is often on the sidelines, outside the battlefield. Whether it be at home,...