Women

Rebeca Grynspan Emerges as Frontrunner to Lead the United Nations

Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next UN secretary-general after leading a fourth Security Council straw poll. However, opposition from any permanent member could still block her path to the organisation’s top post.

Morocco Appoints Fatima Zahra Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister

Morocco has appointed Fatima Zahra Mansouri as its first woman prime minister after her party won the parliamentary election. The former urban planning minister must now build a coalition while confronting unemployment, inflation and pressure over World Cup spending.

Why am I Only Defined By My Body?

Women are judged for gaining weight, losing it, ageing, motherhood, strength and even success. The ideal keeps shifting, but the scrutiny remains. Perhaps the real problem is not that women fail to meet beauty standards, but that we keep insisting they should meet one at all.