News & Views Afghanistan’s first female Paralympian trapped in her country, unable to compete in Tokyo Zakia Khudadadi is Afghanistan’s first female Paralympian but cannot go to the Tokyo Paralympics next week.
Politics Australian reporter Yalda Hakim receives live call on air from Taliban leader The jaw-dropping moment that Afghan-born Australian reporter for the BBC, Yalda Hakim was called by a spokesperson for the Taliban..
News & Views The world must not look away as the Taliban sexually enslaves women and girls The Taliban is now ordering religious leaders to provide them with lists of girls over the age of 15 to enter into ‘marriages’ to Taliban fighters.
Ed's Blog The world has failed the Afghan women it celebrated and promised to protect The international community has abandoned Afghan women just as we’ve celebrating everything they have achieved.
News & Views Andrew Cuomo resigns, making Kathy Hochul the first woman Governor of New York New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned overnight after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment were found credible.
News & Views Investigation finds New York Governor Andrew Cuomo guilty of sexually harassing multiple women Investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment committed by Andrew Cuomo has found he sexually harassed women.
Sport ‘Wokeism makes you lose’: Trump returns with a bigoted attack on US women’s soccer team Trump attacked the U.S Women’s Soccer team, saying they had loss to Sweden last week because they are too ‘woke’.
Climate ‘We can choose a better, healthier way’: Ursula von der Leyen’s bold mission EC President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a massive plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% across the European Union by the year 2035.
News & Views Indigenous academic Elisa Loncon elected to re-write Chile’s constitution Mapuche woman Elisa Loncón, was elected by the country’s constitutional delegates to lead a group to draft a new text to replace constitution.
News & Views Military women of Ukraine asked to march in heels Military women of Ukraine have been asked to parade in heelsmarking three decades of the country’s independence.
News & Views ‘Possible’: The WHO joins UN partners for new series on women’s health and gender equality What would a truely global agenda on women’s health and gender equity look like? It’s a future that’s possible says The WHO.
News & Views Two women’s rights activists released from detention in Saudi Arabia Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah had been detained in Saudi Arabia for nearly three years, first arrested in August 2018.
