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Christina Asquith

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Christina Asquith is the former editor for PRI's Across Women's Lives project and the founder and director of the Fuller Project for International Reporting.
Saudi men gather in anticipation of a group wedding aided by the government
Conflict
Do bride prices drive terrorism?
Women receive training in contraception in Manila
Development
In London, advocates tout the importance of access to contraceptives
Photo of world leaders at the G20 summit in Germany
Global Politics
Where were the women? In Trump’s foreign policy, female leaders are scarce
Saudi women journalists raise hands at press conference for US Secretary of State John Kerry
Conflict
Your week in women’s news: ISIS, healthcare and Nabra Hassenen’s murder
Prince William.
Development
Wondering what to get dad for Father’s Day? How about a vacuum
Former FBI Director James Comey prepares to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee
Global Politics
At the Comey hearings, some of the most revealing questions came from women
More than 11,000 Nigerian women hit the migrant trail last year, traveling on foot across Libya and then in boat to Sicily, where many will be trafficked into sexual slavery.
Environment
Women and girls will bear the brunt of Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accords
Conflict
AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond
Saudi women journalists raise hands at press conference for US Secretary of State John Kerry
Business, Finance & Economics
With Trump set to visit, Saudi Arabia reconsiders rules on women traveling alone
President Donald Trump speaks at a Women's Empowerment Panel at the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 29, 2017.
Conflict
How Trump’s latest budget impacts women and girls, from classrooms to cops
Chinese boy bundled up. Critics say that the UNFPA has supported coercive abortions of women who tried to have more than one child
Culture
Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?
Women wave "Yes" flags at a campaign office of the ruling AK Party
Conflict
Turkish women’s rights are at stake in Sunday’s elections
A vendor sells flowers for the upcoming International Women's Day at the Rizhsky flower market in Moscow, Russia March 7, 2017.
Conflict
At least 12,000 people killed by domestic violence every year? Russia’s not even sure.
A prostitute from Eastern Europe waits for customers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
Conflict
How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking
Bengaluru, India
Culture
The future of global women’s rights under Trump? ‘It could be devastating.’
Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks with former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani
Global Politics
Why leaving women out of Trump’s cabinet isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous
A member of the campaign staff of former Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
Global Politics
Women worldwide react to Clinton’s defeat
Asima Naqvi
Conflict
This Pakistani police officer is part of a trend that could make a more peaceful world
Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
Global Politics
Donald Trump was the man Hillary Clinton needed to win the women’s vote
Global Politics
Women make up half the electorate, but only one percent of debate questions
Turkey: Women's protest
Justice
A teen was tortured to death for using her cellphone — and women activists in Turkey are furious
Policewomen
Conflict
US spending millions to train women police officers worldwide. What about at home?
Hillary Clinton's role among women
Global Politics
What Clinton’s candidacy means to women worldwide