Her Rights

A new generation of women fight for civil rights at home — and around the globe. Follow along and join the #HerRights conversation on social media.

Why this Sudanese activist works for women’s rights: ‘I remember the look in their eyes’

June 21, 2016Conflict

Sudanese human rights activist Mohamed Abubakr remembers the first time his sisters were forced to don the hijab after Islamists came into power in the 1990s and implemented Sharia law.

Migrant domestic workers marched in Beirut, Lebanon on May 1.

Migrant domestic workers are unionizing and taking on their bosses in Lebanon

May 31, 2016Justice

Erica Lachowitz, left, and Austin J. Fonville

What everyday life is like for transgender people living in North Carolina

May 20, 2016Global Politics

Lights are projected onto the Trevi Fountain to make it look rainbow coloured to celebrate the civil unions bill in Rome May 11, 2016.

Italy, in an historic vote, has approved same-sex civil unions

May 12, 2016Global Politics

A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access adorns the bathroom stalls at the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham, North Carolina

Why a 1920s legal move is responsible for the gender-segregated bathrooms we have today

May 12, 2016Justice

On a train home from Lagos to Kano, a Hausa woman reads a romance novel with the flashlight of her phone.

Amid religious violence, Nigerians are writing steamy romance novels

April 6, 2016Books

Nigeria’s romance novels, known as “littattafan soyayya,” shift between morality tales and pulp romance.

US women’s team files wage discrimination act against US Soccer

March 31, 2016Sports

“It’s about equal rights,” says Hope Solo.

Protesters stand outside of the courthouse before an Ontario judge found former Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi not guilty on four sexual assault charges and one count of choking.

What’s behind the ‘not guilty’ verdict in the Jian Ghomeshi sex assault trial?

March 25, 2016Justice

A social media firestorm in Canada has followed the acquittal of former CBC radio star Jian Ghomeshi in the first of two sexual assault trials.

This 23-year-old woman just opened India’s first rehab clinic for acid attack survivors

March 16, 2016Justice

The groundbreaking New Delhi center supports survivors medically, legally, emotionally and financially.

‘I’ve been grabbed, followed, yelled at, sworn at’

February 24, 2016Conflict

Since moving back to Kosovo, my birthplace, from Canada four years ago, I’ve been grabbed, followed, yelled at, sworn at, and heard all sorts of disgusting commentary about my legs, my body, my genitals, you name it, all while simply walking down the street. New research shows what Kosovar women have always known: street harassment affects women across Kosovo, regardless of geographical location, ethnicity, sexual orientation and able-bodiedness.