A woman reaching Morocco's premiership marks historic change in women's political participation, but rights voices say the key challenge is making women's presence actual and influential.
Deprived of education, girls in Afghanistan's Bamyan work long days in potato fields for meager wages yet still dream of returning to school and university.
Rabiaa Al-Hajli preserves history by protecting inherited family documents and belongings, viewing them as records of the region's memory, fearing this heritage may be lost without future generations to transmit it.