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Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

The two pieces of good news this month are about harnessing solar energy even on cloudy days and additional two paid days off for female employees experiencing menstrual pain.

by D+C / E+Z

18.03.2026

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Women’s empowerment

Harmful impacts of stereotypes about Algerian female students

by Khadidja Kelalech

07.02.2025

Algerian anti-government protest held on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2021.

Algerian feminist movement

Progress and setbacks

by Khadidja Kelalech

06.02.2025

The Islamist regime is enforcing a repressive dress code, including in Kabul.

Gender justice

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women

by Khushboo Srivastava

24.11.2024

Margaret Busby at the 2023 Booker Prize ceremony in London.

Literature

The literary power of Black women writers

by Dagmar Wolf

02.08.2024

Rally in Algiers in 2020 to denounce the brutal killing of 19-year-old Chaïma and other women.

Women’s rights in Algeria

Women stand up against femicide

by Khadidja Kelalech

16.01.2024

Afghan women demand the right to education and work in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Afghanistan

The Taliban’s second emirate

by Felix Kugele

01.10.2023

Migration

Adapting to fast-changing German society in the 1960s

by Hans Dembowski

24.08.2023

Livestock farmers in Ethiopia feel the impact of prolonged drought.

2030 Agenda

Sustainable Development Goals "almost unachievable"

by Sabine Balk

26.07.2023

Not wearing a headscarf has become common in Teheran.

Authoritarian dress code

Iran’s regime is trying to enforce hijab rules again

by Shora Azarnoush

02.07.2023

Svenja Schulze, Germany’s minister for economic cooperation and development, visiting Kandia Camara, Côte d’Ivoire’s foreign minister, in early 2023.

German policy

Germany values respect, reciprocity and alliances

by Birgit Pickel

24.05.2023