Read all about it: Our most read articles on gender equality from 2024

In a rapidly changing world, the struggle for gender equality and the protection of women’s and girls’ rights remain urgent, complex, and deeply intertwined with political, social, and cultural realities across the globe. As 2024 draws to a close, we have rounded up our most read articles from the year.?

From legislative breakthroughs that prohibit child marriage to the escalating crisis of deepfake sexual abuse, from historic icons of the feminist movement to contemporary assaults on fundamental rights, the landscape is as dynamic as it is challenging. The following articles—covering developments in countries ranging from the United States and Colombia to Argentina and Sierra Leone—offer critical insights into the progress made, setbacks encountered, and creative solutions being explored.?

1. Why women's rights are vulnerable in America
2. Only 13 of 50 US states have passed legislation banning child marriage; we still have a long road ahead
3. Colombia prohibits child marriage without exceptions following tireless advocacy efforts?
4. An icon at 90: Gloria Steinem's enduring quest for equality?
5. Argentina under Milei: The first 120 Days of a government marked by wide-ranging attacks on women’s rights?
6. What’s happening with the FGM law in the Gambia?
7. The rise of deepfake image-based sexual abuse necessitates urgent and comprehensive responses from technological innovation, legal reform, and societal awareness
8. World day against trafficking in persons 2024: Leave no child behind
9. Gender pay gap in the U.S. widens for the first time in 20 years
10. Women as weapons of war: The role of international mechanisms to eliminate sexual violence in conflict
11. Understanding the new law against child marriage in Sierra Leone
12. 5 things you should know about widows' rights in the MENA region

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