Christina Asquith

The World

Christina Asquith is the former editor for PRI's Across Women's Lives project and the founder and director of the Fuller Project for International Reporting.

Christina Asquith is the former editor for PRI's Across Women's Lives project and the founder and director of the Fuller Project for International Reporting.

Saudi men gather in anticipation of a group wedding aided by the government

Do bride prices drive terrorism?

Could high bride prices be fueling global terrorism, conflict and instability? Yes, say two academics in a new article published in MIT Press Journals. And they say the US should wake up and address it.

Do bride prices drive terrorism?
Women receive training in contraception in Manila

In London, advocates tout the importance of access to contraceptives

In London, advocates tout the importance of access to contraceptives
Photo of world leaders at the G20 summit in Germany

Where were the women? In Trump's foreign policy, female leaders are scarce

Where were the women? In Trump's foreign policy, female leaders are scarce
Saudi women journalists raise hands at press conference for US Secretary of State John Kerry

Your week in women's news: ISIS, healthcare and Nabra Hassenen's murder

Your week in women's news: ISIS, healthcare and Nabra Hassenen's murder
Prince William.

Wondering what to get dad for Father's Day? How about a vacuum

Wondering what to get dad for Father's Day? How about a vacuum
Former FBI Director James Comey prepares to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee

At the Comey hearings, some of the most revealing questions came from women

Both London and Washington are often dominated by men, but while the Brits elected more women on Thursday, in DC we got a look at the man's world it can be.

At the Comey hearings, some of the most revealing questions came from women
More than 11,000 Nigerian women hit the migrant trail last year, traveling on foot across Libya and then in boat to Sicily, where many will be trafficked into sexual slavery.

Women and girls will bear the brunt of Trump's withdrawal from the Paris accords

As the planet continues to warm, it brings about rising sea levels, increased floods, drought, migration and civil war, and women and girls in developing nations are bearing the brunt of these consequences — already.

Women and girls will bear the brunt of Trump's withdrawal from the Paris accords
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AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond

Trafficking is now the third-largest international criminal activity, with $32 billion annually in profit, and millions of people affected. And it's growing. Across Women's Lives tells this story by giving voice to the women themselves in a 12-part, global multimedia series that starts May 18.

AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond
Saudi women journalists raise hands at press conference for US Secretary of State John Kerry

With Trump set to visit, Saudi Arabia reconsiders rules on women traveling alone

Donald Trump is visiting Saudi Arabia this week. It's his first international trip as president — and many think it's what motivated a sudden announcement by the Saudi king that male guardianship laws restricting women will be reviewed.

With Trump set to visit, Saudi Arabia reconsiders rules on women traveling alone
President Donald Trump speaks at a Women's Empowerment Panel at the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 29, 2017.

How Trump's latest budget impacts women and girls, from classrooms to cops

Threats to cut US spending on development abroad would impact women and girls. Across Women's Lives has analyzed the numbers.

How Trump's latest budget impacts women and girls, from classrooms to cops
Chinese boy bundled up. Critics say that the UNFPA has supported coercive abortions of women who tried to have more than one child

Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?

In slashing financial support for the United Nations Population Fund, the Trump administration revived nefarious claims that the agency supports coercive abortion of girls. What's behind this claim.

Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?
Women wave "Yes" flags at a campaign office of the ruling AK Party

Turkish women's rights are at stake in Sunday's elections

A steady erosion of the rights of women and girls could increase if Turkey becomes a dictatorship, human rights advocates say. Or, it could get even worse.

Turkish women's rights are at stake in Sunday's elections
A vendor sells flowers for the upcoming International Women's Day at the Rizhsky flower market in Moscow, Russia March 7, 2017.

At least 12,000 people killed by domestic violence every year? Russia's not even sure.

Russia’s domestic violence numbers stopped this journalist in her tracks.

At least 12,000 people killed by domestic violence every year? Russia's not even sure.
A prostitute from Eastern Europe waits for customers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice

How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking

Ashton Kutcher's Thorn is just one of the latest tech tools, partnering with the likes of Google, Pinterest and Facebook, to help identify and rescue children, and possibly catch predators.

How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking
Bengaluru, India

The future of global women's rights under Trump? 'It could be devastating.'

The US has always played a major role in women's rights worldwide. What will the US position be under the Donald Trump administration?

The future of global women's rights under Trump? 'It could be devastating.'