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# women's rights


## women's rights


* ![A demonstrator holds a placard reading "#MeToo is a revolt" during a protest to condemn violence against women, called by feminist organizations two days prior to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Paris, France, on November 23, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91d4dc1196290083/6998cb4b66d4e3c4cdcbcff6/gisele-pelicot-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2025  
## [France Just Updated Its Rape Law to Center Consent](https://time.com/7330026/gisele-pelicot-france-rape-law-updated-affirmative-consent-force-oecd/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Miranda Jeyaretnam
* ![feminist-philanthropy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98a0f3ab86d5dbb4/698a5986cabb1d09f4e54652/AP24149390018746.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2024  
## [The Movement for Feminist Philanthropy](https://time.com/7006985/feminist-philanthropy-melinda-gates-buffett-ford/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Astha Rajvanshi
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-INDONESIA-CRIME-LABOUR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt294df74ba07e4557/698a436acabb1d12cce52124/Kartika-Puspitasari-Domestic-Worker.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2023  
## [The Challenges Faced by Former Foreign Domestic Workers](https://time.com/6549753/foreign-domestic-workers-return-home-trauma-challenges/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe
* ![TOPSHOT-COLOMBIA-ABORTION-LEGALIZATION-DEMONSTRATION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2abcc62c0bab58fa/698a390a47ca38b1153ba5bf/colombia-abortion-protests-celebration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2022  
## [6 Victories for Women’s Rights in 2022](https://time.com/6242916/womens-rights-abortion-iran-colombia-ukraine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Astha Rajvanshi
* !["Holy Spider" UK Premiere - 66th BFI London Film Festival](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46edcb0db153255c/698a36ccb3fce31f540c9cc0/GettyImages-1431765686.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 28, 2022  
## [Zar Amir Ebrahimi on 'Holy Spider' and Protests in Iran](https://time.com/6224242/holy-spider-zar-amir-ebrahimi-iran-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Armani Syed  
* ![Melinda Gates, Michelle Obama, Amal Clooney](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4af8e2b5cb255518/698a36c5b21a9c4f9a5068d3/get-her-there-melinda-gates-michelle-obama-amal-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 26, 2022  
## [Michelle Obama Announces New Collaboration](https://time.com/6225181/michelle-obama-amal-clooney-melinda-french-gates-gender-equality/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![Amanda Nguyen Davos](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb52ff9ff2f55a48f/698a323b86f68e4aa96f143f/Amanda-Nguyen-Davos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2022  
## [Amanda Nguyen Takes the Fight for Survivors to the U.N.](https://time.com/6181019/amanda-nguyen-davos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sanya Mansoor
* ![International Gender Equality Prize, Tampere, Finland - 22 Nov 2021](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbebdd2353d9f54ef/698a30d086f68eb6846f11bd/Nadia-Murad.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2022  
## ['Someone Has to Say What Happened to Us.' Angelina Jolie Talks to Activist Nadia Murad About Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War](https://time.com/6166585/angelina-jolie-nadia-murad-sexual-violence-ukraine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Angelina Jolie
* ![Girls leave their school following order of closure just hours after reopening in Kabul on March 23, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3669e9a265775ed/698a30650116822eb4981b75/schools-afghan-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2022  
## [Afghan Girls Contemplate a Future Without Schools](https://time.com/6161647/taliban-afghanistan-girls-schools-response/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tamana Ayazi and Ali M. Latifi
* ![Karuna Nundy, photographed outside the Supreme Court of India, on March 3 ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltac0bf8da43d1cefc/698a3041457a5242f4d6643c/karuna-nundy-india-marital-rape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2022  
## [The Indian Lawyer Fighting Marital Rape](https://time.com/6160414/marital-rape-india-karuna-nundy-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Astha Rajvanshi  
* ![South Korea Spy Cam](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ed1eb82b97a69e4/698a2fac0116820290981a55/south-korea-spy-cam.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2022  
## [Confronting South Korea’s Spycam Problem: 'We Are Not Safe'](https://time.com/6154837/open-shutters-south-korea-spycam-molka/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Amy Gunia
* ![Nobel Peace Prize Denis Mukwege delivers a speech](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9605dc3645e3a7f9/698a20154ee262aac0319a40/dr-denis-mukwege.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2021  
## ['We Cannot Rest in Our Fight.' Angelina Jolie Talks to Dr. Denis Mukwege About Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence](https://time.com/6124350/angelina-jolie-denis-mukwege/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Angelina Jolie
* ![Tampon and Calendar in blue background](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6da4d3d7f89ce1a1/698a1d9ee76ad252636394b4/Menstrual-leave-work-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 8, 2021  
## [Employers Are Starting to Adopt 'Menstrual Leave' Policies. Could It Backfire?](https://time.com/6105254/menstrual-leave-policies/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ashifa Kassam
* ![Women gathered in Kadıköy, Istanbul to protest Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on March 26.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf490fca1d3ba4695/698a189422fb855020e2c129/turkey-protests-istanbul-convention-withdraw.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 17, 2021  
## [Angelina Jolie and Elif Shafak on Why Men Need to Be Engaged on Women's Rights](https://time.com/5954987/angelina-jolie-elif-shafak-turkey/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Angelina Jolie
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1048fb64acef9c0/698a184c86f68eefa26efd8a/world-economic-forum-gender-pay-gap-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 30, 2021  
## [The Gender Gap Will Take an Estimated 135 Years to Close](https://time.com/5951101/global-gender-gap-135-years/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Suyin Haynes

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