2 h. ago China’s conviction of 1,500 prisoners of conscience a ‘crime against humanity’

Report by rights group claims Beijing disproportionately targets women activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs through arbitrary detention

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8 h. ago Women's rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says

Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is deeply embedded in economies and societies

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31 h. ago Trump is tearing up the rights of women. The message from your sisters in the Arab world? Don’t give up: resistance works | Hibaaq Osman

The new administration threatens to undo decades of progress in America, but as North Africa and the Middle East have shown, there is power in female solidarityFrom outside the US looking in, those of us who have experienced the tumultuous years since the Arab revolutions feel a strange sense of familiarity: the chaos of the Trump-Musk administration, the attacks on minority groups, the elevation of men – a number of whom have been accused of violence against women – to cabinet positions.Trump seems to have started his second term with the same ferocity, callousness, violence and ignominy in which his first term so notoriously ended. Amid the shock of the past few weeks, a sense of panic can be immobilising. But that is exactly what such a strategy is designed to do. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Gen Z is more divided than any other over gender roles and women's rights in a new 'battle of the sexes', study reveals

A new study has revealed that Gen Z is more divided than any other when it comes to perceptions around gender roles and women's rights in what has been dubbed the new 'battle of the sexes'.

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40 h. ago Liverpool must give ‘best performance of the season’ at PSG, warns Arne Slot

‘We would have preferred to play Benfica,’ admits coachPSG’s Luis Enrique fears Liverpool’s ‘three fighter jets’Arne Slot has said Liverpool must present the best possible version of themselves to advance beyond Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, although Luis Enrique fears “the three fighter jets” in the Premier League leaders’ attack.The Liverpool head coach admitted he would have preferred to have avoided the French champions in the draw for the last 16 as, on recent form, they are “one of the strongest teams in Europe”. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Australian politician apologises for calling US vice president JD Vance a ‘kn*b’

Western Australian premier Roger Cook insulted Vance following his widely-criticised attack on Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky

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49 h. ago Australian politician apologises for calling US vice president JD Vance a ‘k**b’

Western Australian premier Roger Cook insulted Vance following his widely-criticised attack on Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky

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66 h. ago Casey Anthony joins TikTok to announce new career as ‘legal advocate’

Florida mother acquitted of killing her only child says she’ll ‘advocate for my daughter’ and promotes SubstackCasey Anthony, the Florida mother controversially acquitted of killing her only child in one of the state’s most notorious murder cases more than a decade ago, has launched a new career as a legal advocate.Anthony, who failed to report the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter Caylee for months in 2008, appeared on TikTok over the weekend advertising her new role, in which she said she would be “a proponent for the LGBTQ community [and] women’s rights”. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago 'While you weren't looking, Donald Trump launched a war on women'

Away from the diplomatic explosions, the US president is leading an assault on women's rights says Fleet Street Fox.

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3 d. ago ‘We had all this energy’: the landmark gathering of women that unnerved the Chinese government

In 1995, 30,000 women from all over the world gathered near Beijing for what became a seminal moment in the women’s rights movement. Some of those who were there reflect on what has been achieved sinceIn September 1995, tens of thousands of women from around the world gathered in a sleepy town nearly 40 miles (60km) north of Beijing. The original plan had been to meet in the capital but, unnerved by such a large number of women, the Chinese authorities had insisted they stay a safe distance from the city in the settlement of Huairou, much of which was still under construction.The government’s distrust ran deep: hotels were provided with extra blankets in case the women decided to stage an impromptu naked protest; movement between Beijing and Huairou was strictly controlled; and the unseasonal rain was blamed on a concentration of women menstruating. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Revealed: The nine words that triggered historic blockbuster clash between Zelensky and Trump

The furious bust-up has sparked fierce tensions across the globe after the US leader led an unprecedented humiliation of the war-time premier alongside attack dog VP JD Vance.

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6 d. ago International Women’s Day 2025: Quotes and social media posts celebrating females

Women are celebrated on International Women’s Day and awareness is raised about women’s rights and gender equality

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7 d. ago Britain 'has funded a Mexican organisation' which works in women's rights

The work of Women's rights campaigners Las Libres has had contributions from the Foreign Office's development budget for the last five years.

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8 d. ago The ultimate hack to save money on women’s mags like Hello! and Bella – and get two months free with Readly

Love magazines but hate the cost? With Readly, you can access dozens of top women’s titles for one low price – and right now, you can get two months free. Here’s how to save big while enjoying all your favourite reads.

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8 d. ago Trott defends Afghanistan’s men with cloud hanging over England game

Taliban’s ban on women playing cricket has led to calls for a boycott by the ECB, but Champions Trophy match proceedsA day out from what is a must-win game for both Afghanistan and England, Jonathan Trott, head coach of the former, addressed the issue that is impossible to ignore during this Champions Trophy. The Taliban continues its brutal clampdown on women’s rights back in Afghanistan and Trott outlined the position his players find themselves in.“They know the difference between right and wrong,” said Trott, drawing a distinction between a team that play their cricket in exile under the previous Afghan flag and the regime at home. “They are under no illusions about where they have come from and they’re very courageous. You see that in their cricket and that’s the one thing I’ve not tried to change at all. They know who they are playing for and representing.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Are women CEOs suffering "glaring double standards" in media coverage?

The report found that “ambition” is 73% more likely to be mentioned in discussions of women CEOs, “but rarely for the right reasons”.

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9 d. ago UK's £20m medical package to save Ukraine's frontline troops after Trump row

British defence chiefs double medical aid to help save Ukraine's brave troops following US President Donald Trump's spiteful attack on Kyiv leader Volodymyr Zelensky

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1 week ago ‘It feels like a vindication’: Andrea Dworkin’s widower on the radical feminist’s rediscovery

John Stoltenberg, Dworkin’s partner for three decades, is thrilled by the reissue of three of her books as Penguin Modern Classics, and how a new generation is finding inspiration from her workThough it’s now two decades since Andrea Dworkin died, her widower John Stoltenberg still finds it difficult to talk about her. “I sometimes break down,” he warns me, his mellow voice bumpy for just a moment. In a way, of course, she’s all around. He has stayed on in the Washington DC condominium where she died (he lives there with his husband of 15 years, Joe Hamilton); her books and music – she loved country – are a constant reminder of the life they shared. But her absence is deeply felt nonetheless. “It was a huge loss. Sometimes, I turn to her work just to hear her voice again. I connect to the way her mind was working, and I kind of invent a conversation with her.” In truth, it’s a blessing that she was a writer. In 2005, at the mortuary to discuss her cremation, he heard the horrible wo...

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1 week ago Fewer than one in five voters think Starmer will be able to build a relationship with Trump following their meeting this week

Exclusive polling data, published after the special relationship between the UK and US was rocked by the President's attack on Volodymyr Zelensky , reveals 19 per cent think the leaders will hit it off.

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1 week ago ‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right

In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists todayIs Donald Trump a feminist?There was a time when anyone asking such a question could reasonably expect to be laughed out of the room. Yet, just three weeks into Trump’s second term, the man responsible for stripping women in the US of the right to an abortion was declared a “feminist kween”, “feminist hero” and “feminist icon” by several prominent feminist writers in the UK. Continue reading...

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