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A massive mural project in Mexico City is transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods

Arts, Culture & Media

Artists in Mexico’s Iztapalapa borough are using murals to highlight local residents and send positive messages, in what’s been dubbed the largest mural project in the world.

What a female president could mean for Mexico

Elections

Women voters expected to play significant role in India’s general election

Politics
A view of Paris, France, with the iconic Eiffel Tower in the distance.

20 years after France’s hijab ban, the issue remains divisive

Women & Gender
Wafaa Mustafa was married to American ISIS fighter Russell Dennison.

‘We have no future’: A Syrian woman speaks about her life with an American ISIS member

Shadow of ISIS
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Amb. Wendy Sherman speaking at Wellesley College.

Madeleine Albright: ‘Many of the best diplomats are women’

Conflict

Does gender play a role in the art of diplomacy? A discussion with Madeleine Albright and Wendy Sherman on gender, diplomacy and the Trump administration.

A girl attends her first class at a school in Hazema in north Raqqa, Syria.

In Syria, all girls want is safety and school

Conflict

Some Syrian parents are marrying off their young daughters to protect them from the ravages of war, but these girls yearn for an education.

Women on the street

These Indian women said they could protect their local forests better than the men in their village. The men agreed.

Environment

Empowered by a law giving them claim to their forests, village women are patrolling to keep poachers out.

Afghan television journalist Sami Mahdi.

Television in Afghanistan is pushing boundaries, and viewers like what they see

Media

Afghan journalists like Samiullah Mahdi are creating popular, controversial TV programs that take big risks to reach an eager audience.

A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote during municipal elections, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 12, 2015

Happy for the right to vote, now Saudi women vie for real democracy

Global Politics

Saudi women got to vote for the first time in this weekend’s elections — and won a few seats too. But many say this vote is just the beginning.