Central American women fleeing domestic violence are hardly a national security threat, yet these terrified women have borne the brunt of some of the harshest border policies enacted—all in the name of “keeping America safe.”
An Afghan American who has worked as an independent volunteer at the Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Wardak gives her firsthand account of what women and children face while there.
More than 30 years after its original publishing, as our own government systematically strips rights from women, we revisit Margaret Atwood’s vision in The Handmaid’s Tale. We heed her warning.
The Summer issue of Ms. spotlights the challenges women are facing worldwide—and how they’re harnessing their power, in politics and in the streets, to fight for their communities and their own lives. Across states and nations, we are persisting.