News & Views Record number of women to stand as candidates in UK election A record number of women are expected to stand in next month’s UK general election, with women making up 34 per cent of the total number of candidates.
News & Views Juli Briskman elected. Two years after giving Trump’s motorcade the finger and losing her job Juli Briskman has won a local electionin Virgina, in a discrict that now includes the same Trump golf course where she flipped the bird at the President.
News & Views ‘Vote the serial sexual predator out’: Katie Hill’s final rallying cry to women “Hopefully, we’ll elect a woman as President — if not, let’s work to make sure a serial sexual predator no longer occupies the White House,” Hill said.
News & Views Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s epic take down of Mark Zuckerberg is what we all needed to see Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s epic grilling of Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday was everything we needed to see.
News & Views This photo of Nancy Pelosi standing up to Trump paints a thousand words The photo has become iconic of Nancy Pelosi’s continued presence as the most powerful woman in US politics and ability to use the President’s own rhetoric against him.
Uncategorised Youngest person and second woman ever wins Nobel Prize for Economics Esther Duflo has become both the youngest person and just the second woman ever to win the Nobel Prize for Economics. “I hope to inspire many more”
Politics Elizabeth Warren isn’t alone: Millions of women have experienced pregnancy discrimination Thousands of women globally have used social media to share their own stories of pregnancy discrimination in light of US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s.
News & Views Grassroots women won’t be left behind in reducing disaster risks Women continue to use grassroots community networks to develop long-term sustainable approaches to combat climate change, disasters and conflict.
News & Views The US Supreme Court is considering LGBTQ+ rights in landmark cases The US Supreme Court heard three cases that could change American discrimination law, on what will be one of the most important days in LGBTQ+ history.
Business Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights after being kept awake by worries High profile philanthropist, Melinda Gates has pledged a huge $1 billion to furthering gender equality and building the power of women.
News & Views The politics of women’s clothing From victim-blaming to criticism, slut-shaming, harassment and even punishment, the subject of women’s clothing remains political and fraught.
News & Views Two women, one school girl and three world leaders clutching at straws Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have faced very different questions this week, but all three have resorted to clutching at straws