The World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2026 report ranks Togo as Africa’s second-best performer on gender equality in economic rights. With a score of 79.33 out of 100, the country outpaces ...

LOME, Togo (AP) – The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a week-long sex strike to demand the resignation of the country’s president. Women are being asked to start ...

Most people don’t get a first chance to help a school in Africa get built. But Juneau resident Mary McEwen is now on her second, having recently assisted in the expansion of a school she helped bring ...

Sometimes, a book can have a life-changing impact. For Payton McGriff, that turned out to be true. McGriff was a sophomore at the University of Idaho when she read Half the Sky, which examines the ...

Women in Togo have called a week-long sex strike, starting on Monday, to demand the president's resignation. The ban has been called by opposition coalition Let's Save Togo, which groups together nine ...

This week’s post was compiled by Hareem Abdullah, intern with the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. First Female Prime Minister in Togo ...

LOME, Togo - The female wing of a civil-rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a weeklong sex strike to demand the resignation of the country's president. Women are being asked to start ...

LOME, Togo (AP) – Women in the civil rights group “Let’s Save Togo” said they will have a week long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe. The plan for women to withhold ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This week's post was compiled by Hareem Abdullah, intern with the Women and ...