How do Muslim-majority countries incorporate Islam into their foreign policies? Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan moderates a discussion at the Brookings Institution to discuss this issue.
For migrant workers in this country, getting pregnant is the beginning of a nightmare.
In Qatar and other Gulf countries, mostly low skilled migrant women pay the price for the crime of zina, which criminalizes unmarried sex and pregnancy out of wedlock.
Expat men are using dating apps to approach women for casual sex, while women pay the price for accepting their advances.
For migrant workers, failing to pay off loans can mean jail time and loss of income.
In the Middle East, an unregulated labor market gives employers extensive control over workers, but limits workers from airing grievances and complaints.
Zina laws treat sex and pregnancy out of wedlock as crimes punishable by imprisonment. But without means to seek legal recourse, it is mostly low-skilled migrant woman who face charges.
Labor migrants comprise about 90 percent of Qatar's population.
For the workers stranded in the labor camps, reforms and resolutions cannot come fast enough.
Low-skilled migrant women in Qatar are being imprisoned for being pregnant outside of wedlock because of "zina" laws that criminalize sex outside of marriage.
The impact of not teaching sex education is hurting migrant women. It leaves them unprepared for the physical and psychological realities of working abroad.
In Qatar, “zina” laws ban unmarried couples from sex. Rights advocates say those most likely to be in jail for this transgression are low-skilled migrant women.
When unmarried sex is outlawed, pregnancy out of wedlock is proof of a crime. Women are jailed—along with their babies.
Journalist Ana P. Santos reports from Qatar on how zina laws that criminalize unmarried sex target low-skilled migrant women and send them to prison—along with their babies.
From Tehran's famous Bazaar to Friday Prayers, Iranians give their opinions on the nuclear deal.
Pulitzer Center grantee Katherine Zoepf, executive director Jon Sawyer and contributing editor Kem Knapp Sawyer visit Northwestern University in Qatar.
Students journey across the globe to report on issues that matter—from migration to global health and indigenous land rights.
This lesson covers some of the psychological impacts that affect migrant workers and their families using reporting on Filipino migrant workers and their families by Ana P. Santos.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
This global affairs lesson plan explores how Iranians from a variety of backgrounds view the nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States and connect the agreement to students’ own lives.
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
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