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Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say
By Radina Gigova and Hande Atay Alam On May 2, 2024 Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed. Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old fitness instructor and women’s rights activist, was sentenced during…
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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction was just overturned. What does that mean for #MeToo?
By Mike Bebernes On May 4, 2024 What’s happening Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein will face a new trial on sex crimes charges, prosecutors in New York City revealed on Wednesday, one week after the state’s highest court overturned his previous rape conviction. In 2017, accusations of sexual abuse against Weinstein, once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood,…
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Most Americans Support Abortion. The Political System Is Failing Us.
The structure of the U.S. political system prevents the will of our feminist, multiracial majority from being translated into policies that most Americans want from the government. By Steph Sterling On May 2, 2024 After the Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent and ended the constitutional right to abortion, it unleashed a new era of…
Read MoreDenmark to liberalize its abortion law to allow the procedure until 18th week of pregnancy
By Jan M. Olsen On May 3, 2024 COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government said Friday it is relaxing its restrictions on abortion for the first time in 50 years to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the 18th week from the previous 12th week. Officials said the law will also…
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Too Young to Screen: Breast Cancer in Younger Women
By Colleen Moriarty Updated on April 30, 2024 If you’re under age 40, which is when it’s recommended that women begin having screening mammograms, you may think you are too young to get breast cancer—but that’s not true. While breast cancer in younger women is rare, it is the most common cancer among women ages 15…
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Daniel Radcliffe ‘Saddened’ By JK Rowling’s Stance On Transgender Issues
By Daniel Welsh On May 1, 2024 Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s continued stance on transgender issues “makes me really sad”. Back in 2020, the actor said he felt “compelled” to speak out in solidarity with the trans community after a string of comments made by Rowling on social media. In the years since, Rowling has repeatedly…
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Indonesian youths trained on how to respond to online gender-based violence against women in politics
By Inggita Notosusanto On May 1, 2024 Jakarta Indonesia — UN Women Indonesia marked the annual United Nations 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign 2023 by inviting young people to learn about how to combat violence perpetrated online. Entitled “Combating Online Gender-based Violence, Misinformation, Disinformation, and Hoaxes to Support Women’s Leadership in Politics” the…
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A Ban in Kansas on Gender-Affirming Care Also Would Bar Advocacy For Kids’ Social Transitions
BY JOHN HANNA Updated 1:34 PM CDT, April 26, 2024 TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it — or even children’s social transitioning. Teachers and social workers who support LGBTQ+ rights worry that they could be disciplined or fired for helping…
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Supreme Court Temporarily Revives Idaho Law Banning Gender Affirming Care For Minors
APRIL 15, 2024 By Nina Totenberg, Elissa Harwood The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Idaho’s emergency request to temporarily revive a state law banning gender-affirming care for children under the age of 18. The law, which makes it a felony for doctors to medically treat gender dysphoria in minors, will now go into effect except in…
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