67 h. ago Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives

Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion

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5 d. ago Inside the rise of female solo travel and why women are ditching the girls' trip

Women travelling alone has increased over the years, turning down the girls' trips for solo adventures. But what’s behind this shift and is it really safe out there?

Politics

7 d. ago Counter terror tactics help Met Police catch 100 predators targeting women and girls

The Metropolitan Police says the V100 initiative has doubled the likelihood of them arresting the worst predators, but Sadiq Khan warned ‘there is still work to do’

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7 d. ago Met’s war on 100 most dangerous predators targeting women and girls on London’s streets

Police vow ‘relentless’ focus on men like child snatcher Adam Baillie and knifepoint rapist Louis Collins

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8 d. ago Ashley Dale's mum warns 'stay away from bad boys' after daughter shot dead by boyfriend's rival

Julie Dale - mum of 28-year-old Ashley who was shot dead by her boyfriend's rival in her own home - has spoken of her fears for women and girls

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8 d. ago 'She was an innocent young woman who fell in love with the wrong boy'

Julie Dale addressed a crowd of schoolgirls yesterday at an event designed to educate them about violence against women and girls

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9 d. ago Netflix's Adolescence shows how women and girls are paying the price for male rage

Netflix's new four-part series, Adolescence, seeks to spotlight the violence young women and girls face as a direct result of the online radicalisation of young men and boys

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1 week ago MoD taskforce to target violence against women and girls in the military

The taskforce will include a regional support network trained on topics including domestic violence and sexual offending.

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1 week ago Met Police sued after reinstating 999 call handler who branded rape victim a ‘slut’

A Met director allegedly said the original panel was ‘too emotionally and heavily influenced by violence against women and girls’

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2 w. ago Islamophobic incidents in Australia have doubled over the past two years, research suggests

Islamophobia in Australia report details 309 in-person incidents between early 2023 and late 2024 with girls and women bearing the brunt of the attacksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIslamophobic incidents – including physical attacks, verbal harassment, people being spat on and rape threats – have more than doubled in the past two years, with girls and women bearing the brunt of hatred towards Muslims in Australia, new research shows.The fifth Islamophobia in Australia report details 309 in-person incidents between January 2023 and December 2024 – a more than 2.5-fold increase from the previous reporting period. Verified online incidents more than tripled to 366. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Violence against women and girls in capital 'endemic' and getting worse, London Assembly told

Met Police deputy assistant commissioner Alexis Boon tells London Assembly the problem is ‘huge’

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2 w. ago Dozens of women found to have increased cancer risk in Sarah Harding study

Her Girls Aloud bandmates said they ‘miss Sarah every day’.

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2 w. ago Changing US law keeps victims’ families – and people on death row – waiting decades for closure

Marcia Fulton has waited 37 years for David Wood to be executed for her daughter’s murder, but lawyers who believe he’s innocent keep filing appealsTwo months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood – a name she knows all too well. Wood is facing execution on 13 March for the 1987 murder of Fulton’s teenage daughter, Desiree Wheatley, along with five other girls and young women.“I promised Desi at her gravesite that I would find out who did this and make them pay,” Fulton told Wood’s lawyers that afternoon. Now, she was making plans to attend the execution. “I’ll feel like it’s a promise I kept to her.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘You can yodel and don’t have to be conservative’: Switzerland’s feminist choir rewriting traditional songs

Echo vom Eierstock is opening up the overwhelmingly male Alpine folk music scene with new versions of lyrics about nagging wives and naive girlsElena Kaiser just wanted to yodel, and living in central Switzerland, that didn’t seem too much to ask for. “But as a woman you couldn’t yodel in a choir unless you were already a professional; there were simply no options,” she says. There were also the words to the songs, portraying an idyllic Alpine life surrounded by pristine nature and overseen by a benevolent God, the men in charge and the women presented either as naive girls, self-sacrificing mothers or nagging wives. Kaiser couldn’t get past them: “The beautiful melodies with these completely outdated lyrics.”So, in 2022, she founded Switzerland’s first feminist yodelling choir, and Echo vom Eierstock (“echo from the ovary”) has been rewriting traditional yodelling songs and dragging the Alpine folk music scene into the 21st century ever since. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘You can yodel and don’t have to be conservative’: the Swiss feminist choir rewriting traditional songs

Echo vom Eierstock is opening up the overwhelmingly male Alpine folk music scene with new versions of lyrics about nagging wives and naive girlsElena Kaiser just wanted to yodel, and living in central Switzerland, that didn’t seem too much to ask for. “But as a woman you couldn’t yodel in a choir unless you were already a professional; there were simply no options,” she says. There were also the words to the songs, portraying an idyllic Alpine life surrounded by pristine nature and overseen by a benevolent God, the men in charge and the women presented either as naive girls, self-sacrificing mothers or nagging wives. Kaiser couldn’t get past them: “The beautiful melodies with these completely outdated lyrics.”So, in 2022, she founded Switzerland’s first feminist yodelling choir, and Echo vom Eierstock (“echo from the ovary”) has been rewriting traditional yodelling songs and dragging the Alpine folk music scene into the 21st century ever since. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected despite ban on education

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have banned education for women and girls beyond sixth grade and most employment

Politics

2 w. ago Love Island's Kaz Crossley puts on a very busty display in a brown mini dress as she joins glam co

The girls' celebrated International Women's Day with a fancy meal at The Aubrey in London's Knightsbridge.

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2 w. ago Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected despite ongoing ban on education

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have barred education for women and girls beyond sixth grade, most employment, and many public spaces

Politics

2 w. ago Cyndi Lauper ‘cried’ after song title was made into feminist slogan for protests

Placards reading ‘Girls just want to have fundamental rights’ are often seen at women’s marches.

Events

2 w. ago Meghan Markle shares unseen photo of Prince Harry and Lilibet as she admits 'mistakes' but celebrates second series of panned Netflix show

The Duchess of Sussex put four images on Instagram with the caption: 'Celebrating the strong women around us & the girls with dreams who will become women with vision.'

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