India is moving closer to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and reopening an embassy in Kabul. The image shows the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2018. Image: Embassy of India in Kabul/Facebook via Wikimedia Commons.
Of: Philippa Abrahamsson
On October 10th, welcomed Ministry of External Affairs of India a delegation from the Taliban regime to Delhi. The country will reopen an embassy in Kabul and expresses its deep interest in Afghanistan's development and progress. The visit has drawn widespread criticism against how India prioritizes women's rights.
October 28, 2025, News
In Mexico, more and more women are taking their place in civil society and building strong women's organizations in rural areas and universities. Photo: Barbara Zandoval / Unsplash
Of: Nora Sargin
Each day disappears people without a trace i Mexico. I yacht of answer has female relatives organized sig i search groups that defies threat, violence and the authorities silence. The call The Searchers, that searching.
June 16, 2025, Reportage
This week, the journalist's continued imprisonment in Turkey, Trump's rollout of global staff tariffs, and reflections on global gender equality work have dominated the debate. Image: Collage in Canva.
Of: Meklit Teklu and Nora Sargin
Previous vThe debate in the corner has been characterized by demands to bring back the imprisoned journalist Joakim Medin and criticism of Sweden's quiet diplomacy. At the same time, USA newly introduced customs aroused strong reactions. Ballowance policy has also been on the agenda, and not least gender equality work, in the surge after the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Women.
April 8, 2025, Current debate
Rahima and Sherbano are just two of the estimated 1,5 million teenage girls who have been denied their right to education since the Taliban took power. They and their cousins want their situation to be highlighted. Photo: Cajsa Wikström/Swedish Afghanistan Committee
Of: Cajsa Wikström
The Taliban have been abducting girls in Afghanistan from education beyond grade six, men those who got the chance to go to school dreamabout one day being able to resume their studies. They need to bert sdeath, writing Cajsa Wikström at Swedish AAfghanistan Committeen.
March 24, 2025, Debate
The feeling that the US is failing Europe when Donald Trump stops military support for Ukraine is palpable among the debaters. On International Women's Day, attention is paid to women in conflict zones. Image: Ivan Bandura/Unsplash, NATO/Flickr
Of: Elina Malmberg and Isabel Odelfelt
After to Donald Trump has breakt all military support to Ukraine many believe debaters to the iMarketplace longer goes to rely on USA participation i NATO. The international Women's Day pay attention tos i debates, and governments presents a bindentation of 22,5 million kronor to the women of Ukraine.
March 10, 2025, Current debate
Various actors are trying to promote a conversation about women’s and girls’ rights. In 2019, UN Women organized an art exhibition focusing on men’s violence against women. Image: Victor Tikhonov/ UN Women Europe and Central Asia/Flickr
Of: Meja Roberg
While feminism is a natural part of social debate in Sweden, the word is met with incomprehension and skepticism in Kazakhstan. In Kazakhstan, gender equality is seen as something already achieved, although traditional values still hold women back. Despite the challenges, a slow change is sprouting, led by women who refuse to accept the status quo.
February 9, 2025, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
An anti-femicide demonstration in South Africa's capital Cape Town in 2019 following the violent murder of 19-year-old student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Image: Discott/Wikimedia Commons
Of: Elianne Kjellman
After Ugandan marathon runner and Olympic participant Rebecca Cheptegei was murdered by her boyfriend in September, the debate about femicide has come into focus. FUF explains what the concept of femicide means, its global spread, and how women's rights organizations fight it.
November 25, 2024, Development magazine explains
Women at a stall selling veils near Tripoli. Archive image. Photo: David Stanley/Flickr
Of: Agnes Fältman
Libya's Minister of the Interior wool that, among other things, compulsory veiling for girls from the age of nine and a ban on "inappropriate" hairstyles and clothing should be introduced. the new rules and the country's "social values" afteris followed. Amnesty International criticizes the decision and believes that it worsens discrimination against women and girls.
November 13, 2024, News
Inobatkhon Sultanova started getting involved as an activist in 2017 and is today the organizational manager at the Kyrgyz youth organization Noviy Ritm. Photo: Johanna Berzell/Uttvecklingsmagasinet.
Of: Johanna Berzell
— We are trying to create change, to make our country and our lives better, says Inobatkhon Sultanova. For a decade, the youth organization has Noviy Rhythm worked for equality and human rights in southern Kyrgyzstan. This despite opposition from the authorities and the local population.
November 7, 2024, FUF-correspondents, Interview
Photographs from “Protracted silence” by Zhaniya Fazylova. The series is about the horror that women are forced to go through alone, ashamed to share their experiences of violence with society. Photos: Zhaniya Fazylova
Of: Meja Roberg
After a high-profile murder, intimate partner violence is once again punishable in Kazakhstan. While government repression is hitting women's rights activists hard, civil society is strengthening its voice through initiatives like NeMolchiKZ and art exhibitions that promote community dialogue.
October 28, 2024, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
