Women & Gender · August, 2026

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Women & Gender · August, 2026

Stories about Women & Gender from August, 2026

China’s fertility crisis is evidence of its modernization success

The country’s only daughters became exactly what they were raised to be

Written by Lina Ma

2 weeks ago

The devastating impact of copper and cobalt mining pollution in Lualaba, DRC

Almost 98 percent of the study’s hourly measurements exceed the WHO safety thresholds

Written by Simplice Bambe

Translated by Laura

2 weeks ago

Haiti’s security crisis forces displacement and relocation

‘I am very grateful to be here and finally able to rest with dignity’

Written by Jude Pierre Louis

2 weeks ago

How Buryat fashion designer Oksana Alkhunsaeva stitched her life back together in Russia

For her, a Buryat costume is not a museum exhibit; it’s important to see the person

Written by Daria Dergacheva

2 weeks ago

Mozambique: Women, capulana dresses, and police violence stand out at Nampula protests

Capulanas, protests, and social media reveal new forms of women's resistance and digital activism in Mozambique.

Written by Tirso Sitoe

Translated by Liam Anderson

2 weeks ago

Without education for girls, Afghanistan loses its chance for a better tomorrow

Girls can't pursue their educational and professional dreams beyond six grades of primary school

Written by Global Voices Eurasia

3 weeks ago

Caught between silence and visibility: LGBTQ+ experiences in Mozambique

While Mozambique has a better LGBTQ+ track record than some in the region, tolerance that doesn’t eliminate exclusion

Written by Tirso Sitoe

Translated by Liam Anderson

3 weeks ago

The everyday guardians: Rana Tharu women’s implicit roles in Nepal

Rana Tharu women embody unspoken care, cultural continuity, and living memory across generations in Nepal

Written by Civic Media Observatory, Samanta Azpurua, Bikram

3 weeks ago

The discursive function of gendered online hate speech in Kosovo

We monitored social media comments published on 22 major Kosovo-based Facebook and YouTube pages for one month

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

3 weeks ago

Escalation of sexual violence raises alarm in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Between December 2025 and February 2026, more than 1,100 rape cases were recorded in South Kivu, eastern DRC

Written by IciCongo

Translated by Laura

3 weeks ago

The Herat arrests are a defining moment of Taliban repression in Afghanistan

After five years of the Taliban rule, women have been erased from public life

Written by Fatima Yousofi

4 weeks ago

Conflict-displaced women facing growing risk of sexual violence in eastern DRC

Most rape victims stay silent

Written by IciCongo

Translated by Laura

4 weeks ago

What it is like to run a business as a woman in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

No area of women's lives is safe from the Taliban restrictions

Written by Global Voices Eurasia

12 August 2026

When Chinese parents outsource control over their adult children

Parents whose children have reached adulthood are outsourcing coercion to private institutions

Written by Lina Ma

6 August 2026

The anatomy of erasure: Indigenous Assyrian women and forgotten genocide

Sexual violence, state denial, and archival silence: three systems that work to disappear an Indigenous people

Written by Guest Contributor

5 August 2026

Nepal’s community forests offer climate solutions, one leaf at a time

The production of sal leaf plates involves minimal processing or energy usage and have a a low carbon-footprint

Written by Sanjib Chaudhary

2 August 2026

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