Latest articles by Abigail Haworth
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The Global Fight for Black Lives
America didn't invent racism, but we do have a particularly egregious system of it woven into our country's DNA. Repeated instances of flagrant injustice within our borders have galvanized a new civil rights movement here—and around the world. These are just some of the women leading the fight in their part of the globe.
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The Great Escape
Amid a rash of women fleeing oppressive families in the middle east, the case of Princess Latifa, who has tried to run away twice, has been splashed across headlines around the world. In exclusive interviews with her friends and family, Marie Claire goes behind the scenes of her last attempt and their fight to #FreeLatifa.
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The Lost Daughters of Salerno
The news cycle moved on, but the town that became the final resting place for 26 migrant women has not forgotten them.
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Nnedi Okorafor’s barrier-breaking African superheroines are coming to HBO.
Nigerian American novelist and comic book author Nnedi Okorafor is working on a 'Black Panther' spin-off, and adaptation of her book 'Who Fears Death' with 'Game of Thrones' creator George R. R. Martin for HBO, and has a new memoir 'Broken Places & Outer Spaces' out this month.
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Hail to the Chief
In Malawi, one in two girls is subject to arranged marriage before the age of 18. As a high-ranking woman in a man's world, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto is on a mission to empower girls.
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Subversion by Satellite: This All-Female Talk Show Is Making Waves in Iran
Meet the women talking taboos in Tehran.
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Meet the Teenagers Who Went Undercover to Bust a Sex-Trafficking Ring in India
Not your usual extracurricular activity.
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Dial-a-Fatwa: This Female Hotline Answers Women's Questions About Islam
"Our basic message to Muslim women is that they often have much more power and freedom than they think."
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The Lady Detectives of Delhi
A growing group of unlikely spies emerges in India.
