News & Views Who is Amy Barrett and what does her nomination mean for the US? US President Donald Trump has announced conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the next Justice of the US Supreme Court.
News & Views When the UN General Assembly finally heard from a woman, she shared need for “globalisation of compassion” President Zuzana Caputova of Slovakia was the 52nd speaker to take the virtual platform, one of just 11 woman speaking.
Uncategorised Jacinda Ardern pushes climate action at New Zealand’s first election debate Tuesday night marked the first of New Zealand’s election debates, with Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins taking the stage.
News & Views Hundreds of women detained in latest Belarus protests Thousands of women marched in protests in Minsk over the weekend, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.
News & Views Vale Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a warrior for women One of the world’s most recognised icons for gender equality, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away overnight at the age of 87.
News & Views Mothers in Afghanistan can now have their names included on their children’s birth certificates In a rare victory for women’s rights in Afghanistan, mothers’ names will be permitted to be included on their children’s birth certificates.
News & Views Donald Trump hit with fresh accusation of sexual assault weeks before the US election US President, Donald Trump has been hit with yet another accusation of sexual assault just weeks out from the federal election.
News & Views Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph help Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton raise $6 million Rudolph and Poehler, who have each impersonated Harris and Clinton on Saturday Night Live, hosted the virtual fundraiser.
News & Views Belarus oppostion leader Maria Kolesnikova snatched by ‘masked men’ in Minsk Belarus’ leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova was snatched by unidentified masked men in the streets of Minsk on Monday morning.
News & Views Trump bans diversity training, branding it ‘Anti-American propaganda’ US President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop racial sensitivity training, calling them “divisive” and “anti-American propaganda”.
News & Views California politician Buffy Wicks held her newborn while casting a deciding vote on family leave bill Californian lawmaker Buffy Wicks had given birth to her immunocompromised daughter recently, and had applied to vote remotely. The request was denied.
News & Views British MP says Tony Abbott’s UK trade appointment is ‘staggering’ Emily Thornberry MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, has labelled Abbott’s appointment “staggering”, saying he is a ‘gaffe-prone misogynist”.
