Learn about what's happening around the world to women
october 2023 Latest Events
With homicide a leading cause of maternal death, doctors urged to screen pregnant women for domestic violence
36% of US counties are ‘maternity care deserts,’ raising risks for women and babies, new report finds
3 new misconduct cases in women’s soccer emerge after release of abuse report, US Soccer president says
september 2023 Latest Events
Georgia federal judge rejects conservative activist group’s effort to halt grant funding for Black women
Mississippi’s state auditor proposes cutting funding for degree programs like women’s and African American studies in the state
India agrees to reserve a third of parliament seats for women. But the change could still take years
august 2023 Latest Events
Afghan women once worked in this popular national park. Now they’re not even allowed to visit
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld goes on sexist rant, suggests crimes would ‘disappear’ if women went away
Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world’s largest Muslim-majority country
July 2023 Latest Events
After months of investigating, Oregon authorities believe the deaths of 4 young women are connected
Burner phones. Pizza crust. DNA on burlap. A New York architect was charged with killing 3 women in Gilgo Beach serial killings cold case
Killings of 3 women in Long Island went unsolved for more than a decade. Here’s how authorities tracked down the suspect
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center facing civil rights investigation for treatment of Black women giving birth
Fact Check: Sen. Tommy Tuberville overestimates number of abortions military women would seek out under new DOD policies, researchers say
Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages
June 2023 Latest Events
Man charged in sexual assaults of 4 women after his DNA was pulled from a drinking glass gets indicted on new rape charges
Southern Baptist Convention votes to uphold removal of Saddleback Church over women pastors after appeal by Rick Warren
'People find us easy targets': Women politicians face a torrent of online abuse but say they won't stop their work
Hundreds of White women gather at Colorado Capitol after plea from women of color to use their ‘privilege’ to demand action on gun violence
May 2023 Latest Events
People of color and women are underrepresented on state supreme court benches, report finds
They released a sex video to shame and silence her. She's one of many women in Myanmar doxxed and abused on Telegram by supporters of the military
April 2023 Latest Events
These women ran an underground abortion network in the 1960s. Here’s what they fear might happen today
UN tells Afghan staff to stay home after Taliban bans women from working with the organization
Clinics and doctors brace for more restrictions on women’s health care after court ruling on abortion drug
March 2023 Latest Events
US sanctions top Iranian officials over ‘serious’ human rights abuses against women and girls in prisons
February 2023 Latest Events
An Oregon man accused of torturing woman before killing himself is now also a double-homicide suspect, police say
January 2023 Latest Events
Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
