With incoming Argentine president, abortion rights could expand
Category: Gender in the world
2019-11-19
President-elect Alberto Fernandez has announced plans to propose a law decriminalising abortion once he takes office on Dec. 10, saying reproductive rights are a public health issue |
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World's first vagina museum to open in London
Category: It`s interesting to know
2019-11-18
The museum exists thanks to a public fundraising drive, with more than 1,000 people collectively donating almost £50,000
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Bolivian Senate head assumes interim presidency; Morales' loyalists object
Category: Gender policy
2019-11-13
The head of Bolivia’s Senate, Jeanine Anez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former leader Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico |
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Khalaf picked as first woman to edit Financial Times, Barber bows out
Category: Gender in the world
2019-11-12
Roula Khalaf will become the first woman to edit the Financial Times in its 131-year history after Lionel Barber said he would step down in January |
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Pressure mounts on Roman Polanski over new sexual assault allegation
Category: Gender based violence
2019-11-11
The Oscar-winning director is threatening legal action against a French newspaper after a former actor claimed he violently raped her in the 1970s
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Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work
Category: Gender in the world
2019-11-11
Japanese women on social media are demanding the right to wear glasses to work, after reports that employers were imposing bans |
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Germany will not play in countries that discriminate against women
Category: Sport
2019-11-08
Fritz Keller, president of the German Football Federation has made clear that they will take the appropriate measures and will not play in countries where women's rights are not respected |
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Historic CBA to close football's gender pay gap
Category: Sport
2019-11-06
The new, four-year CBA will see the Caltex Socceroos and Westfield Matildas receive a 24% share of an agreed aggregate of National Team Generated Revenues in 2019/20 |
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Iranian police arrest more women for the 'crime' of dancing
Category: Gender in the world
2019-11-04
Sahra Afsharian, Sara Shariatmadari and Niloufar Motiei are known for shuffle dancing, which is a club dance characterized by repeatedly shuffling your feet inwards, then outwards |
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