Feminist analysis, commentary, and research
Explore feminist perspectives through in-depth analysis and commentary.
22 articles
This article critiques the expectations of 'perfection' and 'likability' in contemporary feminism, calling for recognition of the complexity and contradictions within feminism, and embracing those 'difficult women' who are nonconformist, hard to categorize, but drive change.
Helen Lewis / 10 minsThis regional legal review compares constitutional guarantees, nationality, family law, violence protections, labor, and criminal law across Arab states, making visible both reform and persistent discrimination.
UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and ESCWA / 45 minsSeven participants recount how Argentina’s green-scarf campaign turned abortion from a silenced personal risk into a mass, intergenerational demand for health, autonomy, and democracy.
Amnesty International / 7 minsActivists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka describe how rights work is sustained amid trafficking, autocracy, militarization, poverty, and gendered retaliation.
Amnesty International / 9 minsA regional case in UN Women’s fund report follows Dalit women’s organizations in Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka as they connect land, labor, education, and political representation across borders.
UN Women Fund for Gender Equality / 8 minsA regional evidence base on Indigenous women’s physical, economic, and political autonomy that also exposes how statistical invisibility limits rights, policy, and accountability.
ECLAC / CELADE / Gender Equality Observatory / 12 minsAdopted in Accra in 2006, the Charter defines African feminism as a political commitment to dismantling patriarchy while demanding accountability inside feminist organizations themselves.
African Feminist Forum / 12 mins