The calls for a woman to lead the UN got top billing at a few sideline events held during the week of Sept. 21. At these ...

As Russia assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for October, some of its top diplomats ...

As the Council marks WPS on Oct. 6, the essayist writes that as gains in women’s rights in conflict zones are receding amid global backlash on gender equality, direct political messaging by WPS ...

Now that Hamas has agreed to release all the hostages, the terrible trio face a fateful decision: proceed with the plan, legally and morally flawed as it may be, or destroy the last piece of hope for ...

" Downing is the director of the gender and conflict project at the International Crisis Group. She holds a Ph.D. in war studies from King’s College London.

That offensive was preceded by a brutal nine-month starvation siege by Azerbaijan, violating two rulings by the International Court of Justice to lift the blockade. The expulsion of the 120,000 ...

Prashanthi Krishnamoorthy, a diplomat from Sri Lanka, in a traditional sari to represent her country. Josiane Toundzi, who works for the UN, in a dress created by an African designer, Pathé'O.