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fromenglish.elpais.com
11 hours ago

Sara Khadem: The people of Iran have done their part, but they alone cannot resolve this situation'

Sara Khadem asserts regime change in Iran is imminent, any solution stopping civilian massacres is welcome, and international support is urgently needed.
#abortion
fromA Philosopher's Blog
4 months ago
Philosophy

Abortion, Women & the Right

Anti-choice laws appease a political base, use pro-life language as misogynistic dog whistles, and legally codify harm against women.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Public health

Number of abortions in England and Wales hit record high in 2022

Abortion rates in England and Wales reached a record high in 2022, driven by barriers to contraception access for women.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Custody: The Secret History of Mothers by Lara Feigel why women still have to fight for their children

Child custody battles inflict deep, persistent trauma on mothers and children across history and cultures.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

The revolutionary women of Rojava are in grave danger. That has consequences for us all | Natasha Walter

Rojava's women-led autonomous administration faces existential threat as the Syrian government advances, jeopardizing decades of gender-equal institutions and local autonomy.
Fundraising
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to decolonise' its work

Child sponsorship models can be racialised and paternalistic; ActionAid UK will transform funding toward community-shaped, decolonised partnerships emphasizing solidarity and women's rights funding.
Books
fromABA Journal
5 days ago

Understanding women in their lives is important for men's happiness, divorce lawyer says in new book

A 93-year-old divorce lawyer reflects on a decades-long legal career, landmark cases, and cultural shifts emphasizing understanding women's lives for broader happiness.
US politics
fromThe Nation
6 days ago

How the Trump Administration Is Downgrading Women's Citizenship

The administration privileges martial, white cisgender masculine citizenship, narrowing protections and making women's, LGBTQ, and racial minorities' rights and safety conditional.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Trump withdraws U.S. from 66 "woke" international organizations & treaties - LGBTQ Nation

The administration turned its back on the climate "hoax", as Trump describes it, withdrawing from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, the basis for the Paris climate agreement (abandoned twice by Trump in his two terms), and signed by 197 nations in 1992. Other non-U.N. organizations were dropped as well, including the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, and the Global Counterterrorism Forum.
US politics
fromBrooklynVegan
1 week ago

Cyndi Lauper selling old clothes in NYC for charity

Cyndi Lauper is selling her old clothes at a two-day NYC event, with proceeds going to charity. "Cyndi Lauper's Closet Clean Out" will feature "a treasure trove of designer gems, stage and street wear, and many new or unworn pieces pulled straight from Cyndi's closet," and net proceeds will go to the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund at the Tides Foundation, which supports efforts that advance women's rights and health.
Music
#iran-protests
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Social justice

I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz

fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Social justice

I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now | Nasrin Parvaz

fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Woman pulled out of UK ultramarathon after death threats over Afghanistan fundraising

My immediate feeling was just one of shame really. I was very emotional, she said, just born from the perspective that I really felt like I'd let down the girls that I was running for and I'd really kind of got this narrative in my head and psyched myself up that what I was doing was just so insignificant in comparison to what they're enduring.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Sadiq Khan reacts to Reform London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham's 'burka ban' support

"That's not religion. There's nowhere in the Koran that says you have to cover your face or cover your hair. It says you have to be modest. "Where covering your hair and the burka comes is Wahhabism in Saudi. And these are very extreme traditions. In the Middle East, before the extreme Muslim takeover of it, people were in bikinis in Iran and Egypt. It wasn't like it is today."
UK politics
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Attempt to overturn the Gambia's ban on FGM heard by supreme court

Religious leaders and an MP in the Gambia are seeking to overturn the national FGM ban at the supreme court, risking erosion of women's protections.
Beer
fromTasting Table
3 weeks ago

This Beer Is Illegal In More Than 50 Countries - And It Was Made That Way On Purpose - Tasting Table

A beer brewed by women intentionally breaks laws from 50 countries to expose global gender inequality and discriminatory restrictions in brewing and beer-related activities.
#iran
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Yes, women's rights are under threat around the world. But we've found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta

Rollback of women's rights worldwide meets resilient feminist resistance, legal strategies, strikes, and union power that achieve significant gender-equality gains.
Philosophy
fromAeon
1 month ago

I am witness to the strength of working women in Afghanistan | Aeon Essays

Afghan women and girls are being barred from public spaces, education, and work, repeating past repression and causing profound sorrow and lost opportunities.
SF politics
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 month ago

San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women Condemns Task Force Vote to Strip the Commission of Its Governance Authority - San Francisco Bay Times

Downgrading the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women would remove its authority, independence, and ability to protect women, girls, and gender‑nonconforming people.
fromMission Local
1 month ago

Remove S.F. deputies who allegedly mass strip-searched women in jail, social justice orgs demand

Last month, 19 women filed a claim with the city alleging that, on May 22, sheriff's deputies ordered them to undress in front of each other, laughed at them, and filmed the proceedings with their body-worn cameras. Immediately after Mission Local first reported the allegations on Nov. 20, several members of the Board of Supervisors called for action. Criminal justice, human rights, and women's advocates rallied in front of the jail at 425 Seventh St. the following week.
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Iran curbs women's rights further by changing dowry law DW 12/17/2025

The dowry, which is negotiated before marriage and legally treated as debt, can be claimed by the wife at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced. The new, more lenient policy sharply lowers the threshold for the amount a man must pay his wife in the event of divorce to avoid imprisonment from 110 gold coins to just 14.
World politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Five key moments in the assault on the rights of women and girls in 2025

A coordinated global anti-rights movement, backed by conservative governments and groups, is rolling back reproductive, LGBTQ, and gender equality gains.
#afghanistan
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale has become more and more plausible'

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was bonkers when she first had the concept for the novel as the US was the democratic ideal at the time. It was the land of freedom and people in Europe just didn't believe that it could ever go like that, she said. Despite this, Atwood added: I've always been somebody who has never believed it can't happen here. It can happen anywhere, given the circumstances.
Books
#transgender-rights
fromwww.standard.co.uk
6 months ago
LGBT

Row over transgender women swimming at Hampstead Heath ladies' pond set to reach High Court

Transgender women may use a female-only swimming area despite controversy and legal challenges surrounding the definition of womanhood.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Feminist Queen': Iran's Supreme Leader Ruthlessly Mocked Over Tweetstorm About Women

Women are the manager of the home, not a servant for you to say, Why didn't you do this? Why didn't you do that? Why isn't the house clean?' A woman is like a flower. A flower must be cared for and protected, and she will enrich you with her color, fragrance, and qualities, he offered in one. Women are the manager of the home,
World politics
#gender-based-violence
Women
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
2 months ago

Remembering Dr. Shelley Fernandez: 95 Years of Fierce Love and Unstoppable Justice - San Francisco Bay Times

Joan Shelley Wilks Fernandez built enduring institutions and led intersectional activism to empower women through shelters, healthcare, legal action, and self-defense for decades.
fromAxios
2 months ago

President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after groping incident in Mexico street

"beyond being president, this is something that many women experience in the country and in the world; no one can violate our body and personal space."
Women
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Pakistan: Inside a graveyard for victims of 'honor killings' DW 11/04/2025

Honor killings in rural Sindh produce nameless, undignified burials and are sustained by feudal power and local customs that override the law.
World news
fromConsequence
3 months ago

Video of Defiant "Seven Nation Army" Street Performance in Iran Goes Viral

A street performance of 'Seven Nation Army' in Tehran went viral, featuring mixed-gender dancing and drawing reposts from Jack White amid tense Iranian political context.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

Football: Afghanistan women take big step toward recognition DW 10/17/2025

Afghan women's refugee football team will compete internationally to represent silenced Afghan women and challenge Taliban-imposed bans and human-rights abuses.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago

From guitars to jumpers, and tea sets to rocket launchers: the items that represent Changing Ireland over 150 years

A National Museum exhibition displays objects representing 150 years of Ireland's political, social, and cultural change, emphasizing women's roles and LGBTQ+ progress.
fromInverse
3 months ago

'Silent Hill f' Devs Wanted To Break From The Series' Norms of 'Women Placed in Dire Circumstances'

Silent Hill f is one of the most fascinating survival horror games we've seen this last decade - effortlessly pushing the dormant franchise in a new direction while still managing to nail the spirit of a Silent Hill game. But perhaps most interesting of all is how it reframes the series' focus on interpersonal trauma, filtering that theme through the eyes of a high school girl named Hinako, living in 1960s Japan.
Video games
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago

Race for the Aras: Catherine Connolly says she would not hire someone on list of sex offenders, while Heather Humphreys takes aim at response

Independent TD Catherine Connolly would not hire someone on the sex offenders list and asserts her record has stood up for women.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women's conference

Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the historic achievements of women's rights in China. In the past 30 years, the Chinese president said, maternal mortality rates had dropped by nearly 80%, and women were now participating in the project of national governance with unprecedented confidence and vigour. Xi was speaking at the global women's summit, an event on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the historic UN's world conference on women, which took place in Beijing.
Women
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Cutting Through Rocks review the female firebrand fighting the patriarchy in rural Iran

Sara Shahverdi defies patriarchal norms to become the first female councillor in her conservative Iranian village while facing misogyny, legal challenges, and sustained setbacks.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

India to reopen embassy in Kabul after 4-year hiatus amid new Taliban ties

India reopens embassy in Kabul, marking its first diplomatic engagement with the Taliban since their 2021 takeover. India has announced that it is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy, cementing its first high-level diplomatic engagement with Afghanistan's Taliban administration since the group seized power in 2021 after the United States withdrawal and fall of the previous government. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday revealed the decision following talks with his Afghan counterpart in New Delhi.
World news
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban's internet shutdown has left us all helpless | Shadi Khan Saif

A Taliban-ordered nationwide internet shutdown in Afghanistan severed connections, isolating millions and cutting families off from each other and essential online access.
Women
fromCornell Chronicle
3 months ago

Nobel winner says US women won on rights, but benefits lag | Cornell Chronicle

U.S. women achieved major legal, educational, and economic gains beginning in the 1960s–70s, expanding rights, protections, and workforce participation.
Women
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 months ago

Susan Faludi, the US journalist who foresaw the right's reaction: There's very much a Lord of the Flies' feeling here

Progress on women's rights has stalled while institutions fracture, fostering fear, regression, and adolescent behavior across culture and politics.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

Afghanistan bans female authors from university curricula

Taliban authorities banned at least 679 university titles, including all books authored by women and works on human rights, women's studies, and Western political thought.
World news
fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago

Moroccan court sentences activist to prison for T-shirt reading Allah 'is lesbian'

Moroccan court sentenced activist Ibtissame Lachgar to 30 months and fined her for wearing a shirt saying 'Allah is lesbian' under anti‑blasphemy law.
#afghanistan-earthquake
#taliban
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago

Sexual harassment: German jogger fights back against voyeur DW 08/29/2025

German law allows secret sexual filming of clothed body parts; a viral incident spurred a petition to criminalize voyeuristic recordings and reform the penal code.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Would an 'Unsexiest Woman Alive' list be published today? Maybe not - but body-shaming is definitely back | Arwa Mahdawi

The 90s and 00s were a toxic time for women characterized by body-shaming media and cruel public commentary.
#gender-identity
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
5 months ago

Teen Forced To Prove Her Gender To Use The Bathroom Sparks Outrage

Teenager claims Buffalo Wild Wings employee harassed her in women's bathroom, leading to a discrimination complaint against the restaurant.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

Pentagon weakly corrects Pete Hegseth's views on women having the right to vote

The Department of Defense claims Pete Hegseth supports women's voting rights despite controversial views expressed by his church leaders.
Women
fromwww.amny.com
5 months ago

Op-Ed | August Is Not Women's History Month | amNewYork

New York guarantees women paid prenatal care leave starting in 2025, underlining evolving rights in employee healthcare.
Film
fromIndieWire
5 months ago

Abortion Pills That Give You Superpowers? Women's Healthcare Is Now the Stuff of Fantasy Films

Indie films are highlighting women's rights and supernatural themes to address women's healthcare issues.
fromwww.bbc.com
5 months ago

Sturgeon book reignites trans row with JK Rowling

Nicola Sturgeon describes feeling at risk of physical harm after JK Rowling's provocative T-shirt, which stated: 'Nicola Sturgeon, destroyer of women's rights.' She decried the vile abuse stemming from it.
UK politics
LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
5 months ago

Madeleine and the Doctor and the Valkyries - San Francisco Bay Times

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen and Doctor Kathleen Lynn were influential lesbian activists for Irish independence and women's suffrage in the early 20th century.
Women
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 months ago

Artist honours rape survivor Gisele Pelicot at art exhibition in Toronto | CBC News

Valerie Brownell's mosaic honors Gisele Pelicot, a courageous sexual abuse survivor, and highlights the global movement for women's safety.
#sexual-abuse
fromKqed
5 months ago
US politics

Two FCI Dublin Officers Plead Guilty to Federal Sex Abuse Charges | KQED

fromKqed
5 months ago
US politics

Two FCI Dublin Officers Plead Guilty to Federal Sex Abuse Charges | KQED

Women
fromJewish Telegraphic Agency
5 months ago

How NYC remembers 'Battling' Bella Abzug, the pioneering politician and feminist icon - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Bella Abzug was a groundbreaking congresswoman known for her advocacy in civil rights, women's equality, and environmentalism.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Because of women it became a people's revolution': what has changed one year on from Bangladesh's student uprising?

Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister following a women-led student uprising, leading to an interim government focused on stabilization.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban

Safia faced deportation back to Afghanistan after finding temporary refuge in Iran, putting her and her children at risk once again.
France news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

French skiing federation suspends Olympic medalist Joel Chenal amid sexual harassment allegations

Joel Chenal has been provisionally suspended by the French skiing federation amid allegations of sexual harassment against minors.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

UK admits foreign aid cuts could see deaths rise with Africa hardest hit

The government has admitted that slashing foreign aid spending will likely see global deaths rise, as it confirmed the cuts will fall disproportionately on women and girls' education and on projects across Africa.
UK news
Social justice
fromwww.bbc.com
6 months ago

'My husband stole milk tokens to buy beer'

Economic abuse includes deliberate harm through financial control, theft, and exploitation, significantly impacting women's lives.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

Today in History: July 19, the Seneca Falls Convention

July 19 marks significant historical events, including the first women's rights convention and Apollo 11's lunar mission.
fromJezebel
6 months ago

Let Women Drive a Little Over the Speed Limit

Watson reportedly got the ticket in July of last year after she was clocked driving eight miles over the speed limit. Just eight miles!
Women
Women
fromianVisits
6 months ago

A new blue plaque honours Britain's first female Civil Servant

Jeanie Senior was the first female civil servant in Britain, celebrated with a Blue Plaque in Battersea for her contributions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Labour not learning lessons from deaths of domestic abuse victims, report finds

The report states that we currently have no idea the extent to which recommendations and action plans from domestic homicide reviews are being implemented on a national level. This is a huge opportunity missed.
Social justice
US politics
fromPadailypost
6 months ago

Woman says police exposed her breasts

A Redwood City woman sues a police officer for excessive force during her arrest, alleging inappropriate exposure and wrongful charges.
fromScary Mommy
6 months ago

People Are Sharing Their "Unhinged" Ways Of Practicing Microfeminism

"When I worked as a banker, I ALWAYS made the woman primary on the account," one user wrote.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

I don't plan to have children. That doesn't mean I want them banished from my life | Rachel Connolly

The fertility rate in England and Wales was the lowest on record, at 1.44 children per woman, with the number of babies born being the lowest since the 1970s.
Women
fromAdvocate.com
6 months ago

Harvard seemingly caves to Trump, shuts down LGBTQ+ and women's center websites

"This new office is part of the [university's] ongoing effort to break down silos, ensuring all members of our community are connected, supported and empowered to contribute to a thriving intellectual environment," Hoekstra wrote.
LGBT
Film
fromRoger Ebert
6 months ago

KVIFF 2025: "Bidad" Director Soheil Beiraghi on Filming Undercover, Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Gen-Z Women | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

Bidad follows a young woman in Iran resisting a singing ban, embodying the fight for women's rights in a repressive regime.
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