Kenyan MP and baby ejected from parliament session | World news
Some Kenyan lawmakers are protesting against a decision by the temporary speaker of parliament’s lower house to eject their colleague who was holding her young...
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Women of Marvel Highlight Beautiful Pop Culture Portrait Show
Laura, Shuri, Leia, and Dany as imagined by Ashly LovettImage: Ashly Lovett (Gallery 1988) Toys and CollectiblesAction figures, statues, exclusives, and other merchandise. Beware: if...
Women challenge authorities to #ArrestUs in campaign for abortion reform
A Sydney woman took inspiration from an iconic decades-old stunt when she created the #ArrestUs campaign on Monday. Less than 24 hours later, hundreds of...
Yes, women like porn too – we’re all just trained to believe they don’t | Arwa Mahdawi | World news
Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Cover up, men! You’re distracting women Shocking neuroscience news...
Mordaunt targets ‘appalling’ Northern Ireland abortion laws | World news
The women and equalities minister, Penny Mordaunt, has signalled her determination to change the “appalling” abortion laws in Northern Ireland a day after the two...
GOP’s Global Gag Rule Linked to Less Birth Control Use—and More Unsafe Abortions
Protesters in New York City objecting to the Trump administration’s expansion of the gag rule to domestic organizations receiving Title X funding earlier this February.Photo:...
Sky Announce New Women In Technology Scholars For 2019
Sky has announced its second cohort of Women in Technology Scholars, awarding five talented women a total of £125,000 (€140,000) to accelerate a business idea...
Adwoa Aboah: ‘I thought I was hideous. I wanted to jump out of my skin’ | Life and style
Adwoa Aboah’s clothes are causing a stir, and not – as you might expect from one of the world’s most recognisable models – in a...
Womyn who runs hotel in small-town Michigan offers free lodging to women seeking abortions – Investment Watch
by DCG From Yahoo: Incensed by the spate of legislation severely limiting abortion rights in several states, the manager of a hotel in a small Michigan town...
‘There are almost no women in power’: Tokyo’s female workers demand change | Cities
Last week, after the actor Yumi Ishikawa’s petition against being forced to wear high heels at the office went viral around the world, the responses...
Few Women Are Contributing Code to Major Crypto Projects, Report Finds
Using data collected from from Github, a study found the top 100 blockchain projects in the cryptocurrency ecosystem showed deep lack of gender diversification, with...
High heels at work are ‘necessary’, says Japan labour minister | World news
Japan’s health and labour minister has defended workplaces that require women to wear high heels to work, arguing it is “necessary and appropriate” after a...
US abortion policy is ‘extremist hate’ and ‘torture’, says UN commissioner | Global development
The US policy on abortion is a form of extremist hate that amounts to the torture of women, the UN deputy high commissioner for human...