Women
The Ayatollah Under the Bed(sheets)
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, all politics may not be sexual, but all sex is political.
BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | MAY/JUNE 2012
The Most Powerful Women You've Never Heard Of
The Angela Merkels and Dilma Rousseffs get all the attention. But they're not the only female leaders running the world.
BY FP STAFF | MAY/JUNE 2012
The Bedroom State
The new politics of sex -- from Iran to India and 7 countries in between.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY/JUNE 2012
Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue
The most pressing global problems simply won't be solved without the participation of women. Seriously, guys.
BY MELANNE VERVEER | MAY/JUNE 2012
The Startling Plight of China's Leftover Ladies
China's men far outnumber women. So why is it so hard to find a good husband?
BY CHRISTINA LARSON | MAY/JUNE 2012
The Heroines of the Arab World
Twelve women challenging their societies to change the status quo.
BY ALLISON GOOD | APRIL 23, 2012
The FP Survey: Women in Politics
In a special edition of The FP Survey, top female politicians around the world -- presidents and vice presidents, cabinet secretaries and members of Congress -- told us about the worst cases of sexism in politics and the best ways to bring more women to the negotiating table.
PRODUCED BY MARGARET SLATTERY | MAY/JUNE 2012
Mad Libs: Women in Politics
FP asked top female politicians around the world to fill in the blanks on sexism, women leaders, and breaking the glass ceiling.
MAY/JUNE 2012
Qaddafi's Classrooms
A tour of textbooks in Libya -- from the musings of the dictator's Green Book to the "democracy pamphlets" that have replaced it.
APRIL 23, 2012
Afghanistan the Beautiful
Exclusive photos from Foreign Policy's new eBook, Afghanistan by Donkey.
BY THORNE ANDERSON | APRIL 17, 2012
Fighting the Great Firewall of Pakistan
How an unlikely free-speech campaign defeated the censors.
BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 10, 2012
In the Name of the Lord
While controversy rages around the #StopKony campaign, a look at the progression of the Lord's Resistance Army from a Ugandan rebel force to a regional terror group.
MARCH 8, 2012
Five Surprisingly Good Places to Be a Woman
We're always hearing about how swell it is in Sweden -- but how about Lesotho and Latvia?
BY DAVID KENNER, URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 7, 2012
The Global Health President
Why Rick Santorum would be great news for the AIDS fight in Africa.
BY JACK C. CHOW | FEBRUARY 28, 2012
In Mexico, An Activist Says Her Farewells
For more than a decade, Norma Andrade has been working to defend Mexico’s women from violence. Now she’s decided to get out.
BY LARRY KAPLOW | FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Girl Power and the Fragility Trap
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
BY PETER PASSELL | JANUARY 20, 2012
Is the Arab Spring Bad for Women?
Overthrowing male dominance could be harder than overthrowing a dictator.
BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | DECEMBER 20, 2011
What Do Saudi Women Want?
It's not as simple as driving, voting, and property.
BY EMAN AL NAFJAN | NOVEMBER 28, 2011
Two Plus Two Equals Five
What numbers can we trust? A second look at the death toll from some of the world's worst disasters.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 17, 2011
India's Walk of Shame
SlutWalk India was not quite the riotous occasion that it's been in other countries. Too bad, because India's streets could use some equality.
BY SURYA BHATTACHARYA | AUGUST 2, 2011
The Feminine Realpolitik
Breaking down the walls of Micah Zenko's "City of Men."
BY HEATHER HURLBURT | JULY 18, 2011
Where Have All the Girls Gone?
It's true: Western money and advice really did help fuel the explosion of sex selection in Asia.
BY MARA HVISTENDAHL | JUNE 27, 2011
Wheels of Change
How one Saudi woman defied the authorities and took to the street -- by driving her Hummer.
BY ELLEN KNICKMEYER | JUNE 17, 2011
Swimming Upstream
Meet Christine Lagarde, Europe's consensus choice to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as chief of the IMF.
BY ERIC PAPE | JUNE 1, 2011
What Not to Wear
Five countries where the term "fashion police" is meant literally.
BY SUZANNE MERKELSON, JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 11, 2011
What Egyptian Women (and Men) Want
Survey data reveals what Egyptians expect from their new country, on everything from legal rights and education to the role of Islamic law.
BY DALIA MOGAHED | MARCH 10, 2011
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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