World Kamala Harris to give highly anticipated acceptance speech calling for a fresh start Vice President Kamala Harris closes out the 2024 Democratic National Convention with her highly-anticipated acceptance speech.
World Misogyny to be treated as extremism in new UK government review The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper orders review of the nation’s counter-extremism strategy, including misogyny as an “extreme ideology”.
World Junior doctors in India remain on strike after female trainee found raped and murdered Thousands in India are marching the streets, protesting for workplace safety for women after a female medic was raped and murdered.
News & Views Thailand elects its youngest and second ever female PM Thailand elected its youngest ever prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of Thailand’s former billionaire prime minister.
News & Views JD Vance and the role of the ‘postmenopausal female’ JD Vance is once again under fire for his views and comments on women, including his mother-in-law and Democrat presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
World Mother and newborn twins killed in Israeli airstrike, as Palestinian deaths reach 40,000 Devastating scenes out of Gaza, of a father grieving his wife and newborn twins killed in an Israeli airstrike, has gotten global attention.
News & Views ‘A nightmare’: 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education since 2021 On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’
News & Views J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk named in lawsuit after Imane Khelif hate speech French authorities have received a criminal complaint naming author J.K. Rowling and X owner Elon Musk as perpetrators of “cyber harassment” targeted at Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
News & Views Laws in Italy have stopped pregnant women from going to jail. Those laws have now been scrapped. The Italian government has removed legislation that has protected pregnant women and women with babies under 12 months old from going to prison.
Books Utah orders removal of books by Judy Blume and Margaret Atwood from public schools and libraries Books by Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood and Rupi Kaur have been banned in Utah, after a new law was implemented.
News & Views Kamala Harris selects Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as running mate Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz to be her Vice President if she wins in November’s election.
News & Views ‘The level of human suffering was mind-blowing’: A paediatric nurse on the devastating impact of war on children in Gaza Gaza was like nothing I’ve ever seen before, both in terms of healthcare needs and in terms of the whole humanitarian context.
