![Belkis, 15 years old, holds her one-year-old son in her mother’s house which she returned to after the husband she was married to at age 13 abandoned her.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201504wrd_bangladesh_childmarriage_presser_updated.jpg?itok=vFG2VR6R)
![Belkis, 15 years old, holds her one-year-old son in her mother’s house which she returned to after the husband she was married to at age 13 abandoned her.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201504wrd_bangladesh_childmarriage_presser_updated.jpg?itok=vFG2VR6R)
August 5, 2015
South Sudan’s War on Women
Survivors say rape has become "just a normal thing" for women caught up in South Sudan's civil war
![Roda, 20, fled to Bentiu from Mayendit county in late May 2015 when Bul fighters attacked her village, burning everything in sight.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_afr_south_sudan_dsc_5610_resize.jpg?itok=Hib5TscG)
August 4, 2015
Dispatches: Help Yezidi Survivors
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2014_Iraq_DisplacedYezidi.jpg?itok=eJfTvW3w)
July 31, 2015
UN: Act to Empower Women in Conflicts
Enable Political Participation, Improve Services for Rape Victims
![Sarah Jamal Ahmed, a 24-year-old sociologist who was one of the activists during the 2011 uprising in Sanaa, stands by posters of dead protesters posted in the streets.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/wps_brochure_cover_photo.jpg?itok=C3zZPJxG)
July 21, 2015
South Sudan: Widespread Atrocities in Government Offensive
Killings, Rapes of Unity State Civilians Are War Crimes
![A woman at the front of a line for water in the UNMISS camp near Bentiu is directed to an enclosed water pumping area where demand is high and women must wait in long lines, sometimes for hours even before dawn.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_afr_south_sudan_dsc_5478_resize.jpg?itok=MOgp8YzK)
July 21, 2015
One Year After the Girl Summit
![Belkis, 15 years old, holds her one-year-old son in her mother’s house which she returned to after the husband she was married to at age 13 abandoned her.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/201504wrd_bangladesh_childmarriage_presser_updated.jpg?itok=vFG2VR6R)
July 10, 2015
Women and Girls Endure Unspeakable Horrors During War and the UN isn't Doing Enough About it
![Nigerian girls in a refugee camp near Lake Chad.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/chad-7_resized.jpg?itok=Vz-B-CEK)
July 7, 2015
Dispatches: 11th Hour for #JusticeForFarkhunda
![Farkhunda-protests](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtx1j6o7_layout_comp.jpg?itok=s0XyNHo3)
July 6, 2015
Dispatches: Broken Promise to Colombia’s Women
![A home in the rural area of Municipality San Carlos Antioquia abandoned by persons displaced by violence, with graffiti of a woman’s body left by armed groups.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/colombia1112_coverimage.jpg?itok=lIJlizij)
July 2, 2015
Iran: Volleyball Federation Should Penalize Ban on Women
Iranian Women Still Excluded from Stadiums
![Fans of Iran during FIVB Volleyball World League 2015 Iran during a match against Poland on June 26, 2015 in Tehran, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_mena_iran_volleyball.jpg?itok=63lPdWhV)
June 30, 2015
Kuwait: New Law a Breakthrough for Domestic Workers
Guarantees Crucial Rights, but Gaps Remain
![A female employer and her children are accompanied by their domestic worker, back right, as they walk through The Avenues, an indoor luxury shopping center in Kuwait City.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_mena_kuwait_workers.jpg?itok=IFE4Q93o)