3 d. ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Penn settles Title IX case over Lia Thomas’ winsSchool will ban trans women from female sportsFeds call it a victory for women and girls’ rightsThe University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The US Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes

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4 d. ago Another Central Asian country bans face veils as Muslim women told to embrace ‘national style’

New law prohibits women in majority Muslim country from covering their faces in public

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5 d. ago Marc White banned over 'women drivers' comments in Dorking Wanderers controversy

Dorking Wanderers manager Marc White will begin the new National League South season watching from the stands after being handed a six-game touchline suspension

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5 d. ago ‘The nurse told me I couldn’t keep my baby’: how a controversial Danish ‘parenting test’ separated a Greenlandic woman from her children

Two hours after Keira Alexandra Kronvold gave birth, her daughter was taken from her – the third child to be removed from her care following a now-banned assessment that disproportionately targets Inuit women in Denmark. Will she win the fight to get Zammi back?‘Now your two hours begin.” The countdown started when Keira Alexandra Kronvold had just given birth in the early hours of 7 November 2024. Keira, 38, was originally granted just one hour with her daughter, Zammi, before her baby was to be removed from her and taken to foster parents – but the midwife begged authorities to give them more time. Before Zammi’s arrival, the midwife asked if Keira had any wishes. “I said, ‘I want hand and footprints. I want to grab her, I don’t want you to catch her when she is born. I want to catch her myself.’”During labour – which lasted just an hour and a half – Keira kept checking whether her 20-year-old daughter, Zoe, who had never seen a birth before, was OK; and she was determined no...

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8 d. ago Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond faces legal action over 'failure to bans trans women despite Supreme Court ruling'

The famed women-only bathing spot has maintained its trans-inclusive policy pending a 'review' in spite of the UK's highest court ruling in April that trans women are not legally female.

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9 d. ago Florida beauty queen hit by draconian punishment after saying trans women should be banned from pageants

Kayleigh Bush, winner of Miss North Florida 2025, was crowned in August of last year before she claims her title was taken away from her in November by organizers, who have denied doing so.

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9 d. ago Wales release official song with The Voice star for Women's Euros and it's a 'banger'

The song is available to enjoy on all major streaming platforms.

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1 week ago Nato summit and women dressed in banana leaves: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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1 week ago Iran BEFORE the 1979 revolution: Photos show the extent of women's freedom under the Shah

Under the rule of King Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was an ally of Britain and the US, the hijab was even banned because it was argued it suppressed women.

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1 week ago Abortions in the US are on the rise three years after Roe v Wade was overturned

A growing number of abortions happen through telehealth – including for women in states with strict bansThree years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, erasing the national right to abortion and paving the way for more than a dozen states to ban the procedure, the number of abortions performed in the US is still on the rise – including in some states that ban the procedure.US abortion providers performed 1.14m abortions in 2024, according to new data released on Monday by #WeCount, a Society of Family Planning project that has tracked abortion provision since 2022. That’s the highest number on record in recent years. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Banning strangling in porn will help tackle violence against women, says Scots MP

EXCLUSIVE: Joani Reid said online videos are "influencing real-world behaviour" and hailed the UK Government's decision as "a step in the right direction."

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2 w. ago George Russell blasted for ‘unnecessary’ dig at driver – ‘What the f*** are you doing?’

George Russell has been slammed by Dan Ticktum for his comments about the Formula E driver following their war of words after the Spanish Grand Prix

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2 w. ago George Russell criticised for targeting fellow driver – 'It's such an unnecessary comment'

Following his clash with Max Verstappen at the Spanish Grand Prix, Russell suggested there was only one other driver in the world who would make a similar move: Dan Ticktum

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2 w. ago UK to ban choking and suffocation porn in new violence against women and girls strategy

The UK government will ban choking in porn, as Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson says 'there is absolutely no place for violent, misogynistic and harmful content online'

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2 w. ago Hamilton Women's team 'surprised and disappointed' after Accies owners ban side from using club's IP

'Accies Women' have responded to a letter they received from HAFC's board of directors

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2 w. ago Hamilton Academical to set up new Women's team and BAN current SWPL1 side from using club's intellectual property

A letter from the Hamilton Academical board of directors has been sent to New Douglas Park demanding 'Accies Women' change their name

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2 w. ago Voices: A burqa ban won’t protect or unite Britain – it will divide us

When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming prejudice for political gain, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE

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3 w. ago Inside the legal fight over the telehealth clinics that help women defy abortion bans

Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail

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3 w. ago Who could deny a hot, tired delivery driver the fruit from their cherry tree? | Adrian Chiles

All the poor man wanted was fresh fruit from the tree in front of my flat. I would have needed a heart of stone to refuse himI couldn’t understand what the food delivery bloke was saying to me. His accent was as heavy as his helmet and his words were getting lost in it. At the flats where I live, you’re never more than five minutes away from a weary rider like this turning up bearing someone’s tea, dinner, breakfast, lunch, snack, whatever. They’re not usually there for me, but it has been known.As I parked near the entrance, I saw him hand over his goods to a neighbour, but, unusually, he seemed in no hurry to speed off. He stood there looking up at something, before getting back on his moped and making to leave. But then he looked up again, thought better of leaving and got back off his moped. It was then that he came over to me saying words I couldn’t quite catch. He pointed up at the tree we were standing beneath and then I heard him properly, saying: “Please, if I pick cherry, ...

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