Sarah Little 4/18/25 Sarah Little 4/18/25

In Taliban-Run Afghanistan, a Hidden Network of Girls Fights to Learn With Little but Hope

In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, young women are risking everything to keep learning—armed with hope, but in urgent need of support.

Alyson Powell Key 4/18/25 Alyson Powell Key 4/18/25

‘We Believe in Science’: How Rwanda Became a Leader in Cervical Cancer Prevention

In Rwanda, a national commitment to science, vaccines, and women’s health is transforming the fight against cervical cancer—and closing the gender gap in healthcare. Photo: MCD Global Health

Kelly Kimball 4/18/25 Kelly Kimball 4/18/25

As Sudan’s Zamzam Camp Falls, Women and Girls Bear the Brunt of Violence in Darfur

As Sudan’s civil war enters its third year, the fall of Zamzam camp marks a turning point in a gendered campaign of violence, where women and girls are being systematically targeted, silenced, and erased.

Jessica de Almeida 4/18/25 Jessica de Almeida 4/18/25

When Women Try to Leave, Men Kill Them: Inside Brazil’s Femicide Crisis

Brazil’s femicide epidemic shows a deadly pattern: when women try to leave, men try to kill them. Photo: Buenos Aires Times

Ashley Simango 4/18/25 Ashley Simango 4/18/25

In Johannesburg’s Landfills, Refugee Women Risk Their Lives for Pennies and Survival

Barred from legal jobs, refugee women in Johannesburg sift through trash heaps to survive, risking injury, harassment, and exploitation, a MTHS investigation finds. Photo: Shabba Kgotlaetsho

Anisha Dutta 4/18/25 Anisha Dutta 4/18/25

In the Foothills of Northern Iraq, the Women-Led Kurdish Resistance Pushes Forward

Forced from their homes, Kurdish women forge a new life on the frontlines of a long struggle. Photo: Bulent Kilic / AFP via Getty Images

Farai Shawn Matiashe 4/17/25 Farai Shawn Matiashe 4/17/25

Inside Zimbabwe’s Underground Pregnancy Termination Industry

“I almost died”: In Zimbabwe, women risk their lives to end pregnancies as outdated abortion laws push them toward unsafe and often deadly procedures.

Kelly Kimball 4/15/25 Kelly Kimball 4/15/25

Breaking: Over 100 Sudanese Women Detained Without Charge in Wad Madani as War Enters Third Year

In a More to Her Story scoop, Sudanese women who survived RSF abuse are now being detained without charge in Wad Madani — punished as ‘collaborators’ by the official military. Photo: Mohamed Jamal Jebrel / Reuters

Rukhshana Media and MTHS 4/12/25 Rukhshana Media and MTHS 4/12/25

When Womanhood Is a Crime: One Afghan Woman’s Story in Taliban Custody

What began as a trip to buy a scarf ended in torture and a fight for survival. This story is co-published with Rukhshana Media. Photo: Mohd Rasfan / AFP / Getty Images

Pari Ibrahim 4/10/25 Pari Ibrahim 4/10/25

Ten Years After the Yezidi Genocide, Yezidi Women Are Still Fighting for Justice

Ten years after ISIS’s genocide, Yezidi women—once enslaved, silenced, and brutalized—are now leading the fight for justice, recovery, and dignity in their homeland. Photo: Free Yezidi Foundation

Loraine Centeno 4/8/25 Loraine Centeno 4/8/25

‘We Are Human Beings, Not Something You Can Just Get Rid Of’: Inside the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis in Canada

Despite years of reports, investigations, and promises, the violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada remains a haunting national tragedy that some families call a “genocide.”

Sara Cincurova 4/5/25 Sara Cincurova 4/5/25

Three Years After Bucha’s Liberation, Ukrainian Women Still Struggle for Justice

As the world commemorates the third anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Ukrainian wartime rape survivors fight to have their voices heard. Photo: Laurel Chor / Getty Images

Reid Newton 4/3/25 Reid Newton 4/3/25

Inside the Secret Classrooms Defying the Taliban’s Ban on Girls’ Education

Four teachers from across Afghanistan explain their mission to educate girls despite repressive decrees. Photo: UNICEF

Audrey Thibert 4/1/25 Audrey Thibert 4/1/25

Algeria’s Women Climate Leaders Built a Movement—Now U.S. Funding Cuts Put It at Risk

Amid the climate crisis and U.S. funding cuts, young Algerian women are quietly building a grassroots green economy—one soap bar, fly farm, and sewing machine at a time. Photo: UNDP

Gazelle Sharmahd 3/31/25 Gazelle Sharmahd 3/31/25

My father was executed by terrorists. His fight was never just about the Islamic Regime in Iran—it was about a global jihadist system that terrorizes women

Gazelle Sharmahd’s father was executed for exposing a global system of jihadist terror—now she’s fighting back for every woman it tries to silence.

Catherine Ellis 3/27/25 Catherine Ellis 3/27/25

How U.S. Aid Cuts Are Leaving Venezuelan Migrant Women in Colombia Vulnerable

With U.S. aid frozen, Venezuelan migrant women and girls face mounting danger, dwindling shelter, and impossible choices on Colombia’s perilous mountain routes. Photo: Luisa Gonzalez / Reuters

Tristan Bove and Louise Kim 3/27/25 Tristan Bove and Louise Kim 3/27/25

The Iron Ladies of Lake Tanganyika

As fish stocks decline, women along Lake Tanganyika are turning to new tools and businesses to survive. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting supported this story.