Rose Powell

A member of Fifa’s Independent Governance Committee is considering resigning in protest over the organisation’s continuing failure to reform, just months after she went on the record about claims of endemic sexism in the organisation.

The 57th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is grappling with significant disagreements about its 2013 report, due in a few days.

The Saudi king’s decree to appoint 30 women to his consultative assembly has been met with opposition in the region.