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November 19, 2018

Defense and Security
Women and the Syrian Peace Process: A Conversation with Mariam Jalabi

Mariam Jalabi, co-founder of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement and the Syrian National Council’s representative to the United Nations, reflects on Syria’s future and women's participation in the …

Mariam Jalabi, co-founder of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement and the Syrian National Council’s representative to the United Nations, speaks with CFR's Jamille Bigio.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio and Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

October 17, 2018

Women and Economic Growth
Banks around the world are cashing in on an untapped market — women. And it's transforming their lives.

Access to a bank account is transforming women's lives and boosting economies from Nigeria to Tanzania to Vietnam. Close to a billion women around the world can, if given the chance — and the financi…

An employee registers a customer for a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, inside the Safaricom mobile phone care center in Kenya's capital Nairobi. July 15, 2013.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

October 9, 2018

Women and Economic Growth
Nigeria’s Discriminatory Laws Hurt Women and Corporations Alike

Nigeria’s working women deserve better legal protection – just as laws across the world that make it harder for women to work than men are holding back economic progress. Companies will profit from p…

Women work in a fiber hair factory in Ikeja district in Lagos, Nigeria. December 1, 2011.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

May 3, 2019

Women and Women's Rights
Controversy Over Sexual Violence in Conflict at the UN Security Council

Controversy tainted the UN Security Council’s annual debate on conflict-related sexual violence, hosted on April 23 by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The United States and other Security Council…

Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad at the UN Security Council, during a meeting about sexual violence in conflict. New York, United States. April 23, 2019.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World

April 19, 2018

Sudan
Five Questions on the Sudan Peace Process

The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…

Women carry identification papers during the registration for a Darfur referendum, at a registration centre at Abo-Shouk IDP camp at Al Fashir in North Darfur, February 17, 2016.
Blog Post by Jamille Bigio Women Around the World