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Sep 23, 2024

How Zimbabwe can achieve its vision of prosperity

By Nina Dannaoui, Joseph Lemoine, William Mortenson, James Storen

Empowering women and attracting foreign investment will be critical in helping Zimbabwe make its vision of prosperity a reality.

Africa Economy & Business

Inside the Taliban's gender apartheid

Sep 10, 2024

‘The death of Hazaras is permissible.’ What it’s like to protest the Taliban as a minority woman.

By Tamana Rezaei

Tamana Rezaei recounts the compounding dangers she faced as a woman and member of the Hazara minority protesting the Taliban’s rule.

Human Rights Resilience

UkraineAlert

Sep 1, 2024

Key Ukrainian front line city evacuates as Russian offensive gains pace

By Maria Avdeeva

Evacuation efforts are accelerating in Pokrovsk as Russian troops draw closer amid fears the city will soon become the latest in a growing list of Ukrainian urban centers reduced to rubble by Putin’s invading army, writes Maria Avdeeva.

Civil Society Conflict

Inside the Taliban's gender apartheid

Aug 26, 2024

The Taliban’s violence ‘ignited a fierce resistance within me.’ A protester’s story.

By Nayra Kohestani

Nayra Kohestani recounts the abuse and imprisonment she and her children suffered for resisting the Taliban’s gender apartheid regime.

Afghanistan Human Rights

In the News

Aug 24, 2024

Azadah Raz Mohammad joins NPR to discuss Taliban codes on men and women’s dress

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Civil Society

New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2024

I was imprisoned and tortured by the Taliban for protesting gender apartheid in Afghanistan

By Zholia Parsi

Zholia Parsi describes protesting against gender apartheid in Afghanistan after the Taliban returned and abuse she faced as a result.

Afghanistan Human Rights

In the News

Aug 11, 2024

Chamlou quoted in BBC on laws barring Iranian women from the workplace

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

Report

Aug 8, 2024

The future of digital transformation and workforce development in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Isabel Chiriboga, Maite Gonzalez Latorre, Diego Area

During an off-the-record private roundtable, thought leaders and practitioners from across the Americas evaluated progress made in the implementation of the Regional Agenda for Digital Transformation.

Caribbean Digital Policy
People walking on a bridge into the distance.

Russia Tomorrow

Aug 7, 2024

A Russia without Russians? Putin’s disastrous demographics

By Harley Balzer

A new Atlantic Council report explores the effect of Putin's politics on domestic Russian demographic change. Is Putin heading towards a Russia without Russians?

Democratic Transitions Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Aug 5, 2024

Imane Khelif is a woman, contrary to what the internet says

By Yaseen Rashed

By denying Khelif’s womanhood and leveraging her win to disseminate miseducated narratives that fuel anti-LGBTQI sentiments, critics are essentializing the definition of gender and perpetuating the stigma surrounding hyperandrogenism

Middle East North Africa

Experts