Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means | Women’s Rights News
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to a “biological woman and biological sex” under UK equality laws,…
It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM | Women’s Rights
In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year later, the…
The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights
“My daughter is being gang raped and sold to countless men.” These were the words, spoken by a heartbroken mother, that first alerted me to…
Nepal’s girls face new child marriage fears amid debate to change law | Gender Equity News
Bardiya, Nepal – Bali, unlike most girls around her, never liked to sing and dance. She loved cars and dreamed of how it would feel…
Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back? | Women’s Rights News
Islamabad, Pakistan – On a pleasant February afternoon in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the sound of strumming guitars fills a small bedroom in a two-storey home…
‘Serious violations’ found in South Korean foreign adoptions programme | Child Rights News
Multiple violations were unearthed by a Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigation into the adoption of South Korean children by foreigners.An investigation by South Korea’s Truth…
French actor Depardieu goes on trial in Paris on sexual assault charges | Women’s Rights News
The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been charged with sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, has begun in…
‘I nearly died’: Taba, the tobacco drug Gambian women share in secret | Women News
Banjul, The Gambia – On a humid March afternoon on the outskirts of Banjul, a woman known only as Saf* carries a basket of plants…
My Hijab, My Choice | Islamophobia
Five British women share their personal experiences of suffering discrimination in the UK because they wear the hijab.Islamophobia raised its ugly head in race riots…
Thousands of women march against femicide in Argentina | Women’s Rights
NewsFeedThousands of women took to the streets of Buenos Aires on International Women’s Day to protest Argentinian President Javier Milei’s’ plans to remove the crime…
Video: The silence of feminists in the face of genocide in Gaza
Western feminist movements have mobilised for women’s rights around the world—except when it comes to Palestine. Source link
Women worldwide march to demand end to violence, inequality | Women News
Demonstrations from Buenos Aires to Lagos demand justice for victims of femicide and urge reforms to protect women.Demonstrators have taken to the streets across Asia,…
Women on the front line | Women’s Rights
On International Women’s Day, Al Jazeera’s journalists Teresa Bo, Fahmida Miller, and Maram Humaid reflect on what it’s like to report from some of the…
‘My childhood just slipped away’: Pakistan’s ‘monsoon brides’ | Women
Khan Mohammad Mallah, Sindh, Pakistan – Asifa* was sitting on the cool earthen floor of her family’s home when her parents entered the room. The…
Crossbow killer found guilty of raping ex-partner before murdering her | Women’s Rights News
Kyle Clifford found guilty of raping and murdering ex-girlfriend after triple killing in Bushey, northwest of London.A 26-year-old man who murdered three women in a…
Spanish prosecutors demand Rubiales forced kiss trial be re-run | Football News
Prosecutors question the judge’s impartiality in sparing Rubailes jail time over his forced kiss on footballer Hermoso.Spanish prosecutors have requested that the trial of the…
Spain’s ex-football chief Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexual assault | Women’s Rights News
Rubialies found guilty of sexually assaulting footballer Jenni Hermoso by forcibly kissing her and ordered to pay fine.A Spanish court has found former football chief…
Pakistan’s fight against maternal mortality | Health
101 East meets the tireless midwives helping Pakistan’s mothers give birth safely amid a climate crisis.As the climate crisis worsens in Pakistan’s rural areas, women…
What’s behind Trump’s ban on transgender women in US women’s sports? | Explainer News
United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that bans transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports in schools and other…
Women’s football match cancelled in Bangladesh after religious protests | Football News
Students from local religious school vandalise venue set to host women’s match, a day after similar incident in another city.A women’s football match in Bangladesh…