World

Head of the Tokyo Olympics Committee, Yoshiro Mori has come under fire for sexist comments made against women.

Ocasio-Cortez has disclosed she is a survivor of sexual assault, and that the insurrection at the U.S Capitol compounded her trauma.

Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her activism promoting non-violent change through the ballot box.

The development follows days of escalating tension in the South East Asian nation, after the military stoked fears of a coup.

Melinda Gates has called on government to start thinking about childcare as “essential infrastructure” as they rebuild economies.

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency over violence against women, after years of gender-based violence and murders.

Estonia has become the first country in the world to have a female elected president and female elected Prime Minister.

Australia has faced international pressure at the UN’s human rights council to improve its standing on human rights issues.

Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama & Hilary Clinton wore purple. A colour symbolising bipartisanship & the power of women.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from her US Senate seat, as she prepares to be inauguratred on Wednesday.

Duterte has said that women are not fit for the role of president, because of their emotional differences to men.

Lisa Montgomery, the only female inmate on federal death row in the United States, was executed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.