In this week’s At War newsletter: a Times reporter and former Marine writes about his life in boot camp, in response to the service’s gender-integration news.
Tag: Women and Girls
She Wanted to See Her Boyfriend. She May Have Been Beheaded for It.
Days after a 16-year-old’s mutilated body was found in a small Indian town, the police arrested her father, who they believe arranged her killing.
Britain Drops Demand That Women Forced Into Marriage Pay for Rescue
Reversing a policy that caused widespread outrage, the government will instead seek expenses from the people who sent the women abroad — often their parents.
Woman and 2 Children Die in Nepal Menstruation Hut
The three were the latest victims of a centuries-old tradition of banishing menstruating women and girls from their family homes, despite Nepal’s criminalizing the practice last year.
Saudi Woman Who Tried to Flee Family Says, ‘They Will Kill Me’
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun slipped away from her family in Kuwait, and made it all the way to Thailand. There, her hopes of making it to Australia were foiled.
Times Insider: Hearing Divorce Cases on a Sidewalk in Niger, as Women Assert Their Power
The testimony I listened to — before a judge sitting on a sheepskin rug, as cars, motorbikes and sheep passed by — could have been aired by annoyed wives in courtrooms, or living rooms, anywhere in the world.
A Quiet Revolution: More Women Seek Divorces in Conservative West Africa
Frustrated by their husbands’ inability to earn a living, and in a society where basic views on relationships have changed, women are asserting more control over their marriages.
‘Escape Room’ Fire in Poland Kills 5 Teenage Girls
In the game, players are locked inside a room or building and they must work together to escape simulated danger before time runs out.
Pakistan Dispatch: They Once Danced for Royalty. Now It’s Mostly for Leering Men.
As religious conservatism deepens in Pakistan, Lahore’s famed dancers have been forced underground, and performers who took pride in their art form have turned to prostitution to survive.
Where Doulas Calm Nerves and Bridge Cultures During Childbirth
In Sweden, midwives deliver babies. But doula culture interpreters act as bridges between midwives and immigrant women.