Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them Ministers in Sierra Leone have taken a major...
Category : Women
US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women
If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warn The probable demise of abortion as...
Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era
A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still...
All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope
The pioneering Bilan project, funded by UN, will report on gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs The first all-women media house in Somalia...
‘Devastated’: gender equality hopes on hold as ‘anti-feminist’ voted South Korea’s president
Election of Yoon Suk-yeol, who has blamed feminism for low birthrates, seen as a ‘pivotal moment’ for public discussion of women’s issues The election of...
First female judge presides over hearing at top court in Egypt
Radwa Helmi sits on bench of state council, marking ‘historic’ step along road to equality Radwa Helmi has made history as the first female judge...
Black Women Photographers on what International Women’s Day means to them
We hear from a some of the members of the Black Women Photographers collective, a group facilitating greater diversity in editorial photography Black Women Photographers...
Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed
‘It has to be recognised as a term and as a crime’, says government opposition, after unprecedented number of women murdered by partners The Greek...
China mulls bolstering laws on women’s rights and sexual harassment
Draft safeguards would mark major development in women’s rights as China faces calls for gender equality China is considering strengthening its laws on women’s rights...
