![Women and men marching in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday March 11, 2018 in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803middleeast_lebanon_women_protest.jpg?itok=-6AnpES_)
![Women and men marching in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday March 11, 2018 in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803middleeast_lebanon_women_protest.jpg?itok=-6AnpES_)
March 22, 2018
US Senate: Reject Pompeo for Secretary of State
Trump Nominee Supported Torture, Demeaned Muslims, Women, LGBT People
March 22, 2018
Why Menstrual Hygiene is an Urgent Human Rights Issue
Women and Girls Still Suffer From Lack of Support in Managing Menstruation
![A woman fetches water from a partially submerged hand pump in a flood-affected village in Sonitpur district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, September 11, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_india_womensrights_water_health.jpg?itok=VfyRwYNV)
March 22, 2018
Poland: Reject Bill to Further Limit Abortion Rights
Proposed Bill Continues Roll Back on Reproductive Rights
![201803wrd_poland_women](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803wrd_poland_women.jpg?itok=PwYbQFdE)
March 21, 2018
Japan Moves to End Child Marriage
Bill Would Make 18 Minimum Marriage Age for Women and Men
![A bride in traditional Japanese wedding attire poses for photos with her groom at the Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, southwestern Japan April 16, 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_japan_marriage_wedding.jpg?itok=tL-WNkM5)
March 19, 2018
No Shelter in Afghanistan
Afghan Government Moves to Seize Control of Women’s Shelters – Again
![Members of civil society organizations chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of 27-year-old woman, Farkhunda, who was beaten with sticks and set on fire by a crowd of men in central Kabul in broad daylight on Thursday, in Kabul March 24, 2](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803asia_afghanistan_protest_violence_women_farkhunda.jpg?itok=L60NgeOc)
March 19, 2018
Widows, Land and Power
![Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-01-africa-zimbabwe-cover__0.jpg?itok=Bl_vF4DR)
March 16, 2018
US Blocks Funds to UN Population Fund – Again
Baseless Claims Made That Fund Supports Coercive Abortion, Sterilization
![Syrian women sit in the waiting area to see a female doctor at a maternity clinic run by United Nations Population Fund inside Jordan's Al Zaatari refugee camp, which houses nearly 80,000 Syrian refugees, in Mafraq, Jordan November 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803middleeast_syria_unfpa_womensrights_clinic.jpg?itok=GOYtrd1f)
March 14, 2018
US Detains Yet Another Immigrant Rights Activist
Alejandra Pablos Detained by Immigration Officers in Arizona
![Alejandra Pablos](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201803us_immigration_pablosalejandra.jpg?itok=a1jI5YZP)
March 12, 2018
Armenia's Women's Month Is Chance to Turn Tributes into Action
Flowers aren't enough. Authorities need to break the culture of impunity for domestic violence
![Taguhi shows scars on her neck and shoulder.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201801eca_armenia_taguhi.jpg?itok=EpFVMCTi)
March 9, 2018
Tillerson Visits Africa, Where Women’s Reproductive Rights Are Key to Future
Restrictive US Health Funding Rule Threatens Lives
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