Anna Louie Sussman is a New York-based freelance writer for major U.S. magazines and newspapers, and the senior editor and writer for womenintheworld.org.
The Ottoman-era personal status laws apply differently to each of 15 religion-based groups, effectively outlaw secular marriage or divorce, and codify discrimination against women More »
The ruling party's political rhetoric -- and its odd reorganization of government ministries -- has women worried that the government wants to reassign them to a more traditional role More »
Government failures to address the causes of disability or fix antiquated social services have left disabled Turks seemingly invisible. But a handful of organizers are pushing for change More »
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the ruling Justice and Development Party, which has just won its third majority term, has pledged to redraft the country's constitution More »
From ancient Rome to Libya today, armed conflict has been marked by sexual violence on a mass scale. But what links the two, and can it ever be stopped? More »
Sidelined within weeks of helping lead the revolution, women face new challenges in post-Mubarak politics More »
Behind the name of the Prime Minister's debauched and allegedly criminal parties are the injustices of a troubled nation More »
Julian Schnabel's latest film tells the story a Palestinian teenage girl, and is inspiring both praise and controversy More »
Its call for a no-fly zone over Libya could set a new precedent for protecting people over regimes More »
Protesters deployed satire, irony, and outright mockery against the government More »
