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Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats
Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t...
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Arizona Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban
After decrying state supreme court ruling on ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, lawmakers...
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Republicans divided over Arizona near-total abortion ban, poll shows
Split reflects GOP’s identity crisis, as Republican politicians struggle to talk about increasingly toxic issue for...
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US federal women’s prison plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse to close
Since 2021, eight employees of Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, charged with assaulting female prisonersThe...
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Abortions in first 12 weeks should be legalised in Germany, commission expected to say
Most cases of abortion are illegal in Germany, which report is expected to say is not...
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Democrats bank on abortion in 2024 as Arizona and Florida push stakes higher
Focus on reproductive rights has yielded big wins and Democrats hope threat of more Republican bans...
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Arizona Republicans denounce revived 1864 abortion ban in sudden reversal
As the party struggles to talk about abortion, response marks fastest and strongest rebuke of bans...
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Qatar Airways avoids lawsuit over treatment of Australian women at Doha airport
Federal court dismisses case against airline but judge says five women can refile claims for damages...
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MPs propose decriminalising abortion up to 24 weeks
Amendment tabled by cross-party group including Stella Creasy is latest plan to modernise abortion law in...
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‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women
Exclusive: Territory’s government calls for visit to listen to those thought to be living with consequences...
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More than half of UK female musicians have experienced discrimination – report
Insight report based on data from UK Musicians’ Census also found 33% said they had been...
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Senior Labour figures seeking to water down plans to decriminalise abortion
MPs due to have free vote on proposal but some in party have privately expressed concerns...
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Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events
Several schools have brought in shorts for cheerleaders at baseball tournament while another positioned teachers between...
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Andrea Leadsom criticises civil service head’s Garrick Club involvement
Former Tory leadership contender says she would not join men-only club even if it changed rulesUK...
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Woman whose baby was stillborn in HMP Styal praises sentencing changes
Louise Powell says she hopes new guidance means fewer pregnant women are jailed and it can...
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Why fashion must get hip to needs of its working mothers
Many cite difficulties of juggling a family with job demands and a lack of industry supportA...
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Irish voters overwhelmingly reject proposed changes to constitution
Taoiseach says government did not do enough to convince people over amending provisions on family and...
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Labor admits just 17 of 500 domestic violence staff promised have been hired
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth says government ‘needed to work hard’ to fulfil election promiseFollow our...
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UK mothers earned £4.44 less an hour than fathers in 2023, finds analysis
‘Motherhood penalty’ appears to be worsening, with pay gap for median hourly pay growing by 93p...
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Ireland will take ‘step backwards’ if it votes against constitution changes, says Varadkar
Changes to language about ‘women in the home’ and definition of a family will be put...
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Roman Polanski tried in France for alleged defamation of British actor
Film-maker held to account for dismissing claim of 1983 sexual assault against Charlotte Lewis as ‘heinous...
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France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote
Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion...
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Museums Without Men: my project to end their shocking gender imbalance
From the Tate Britain to New York’s Met, some of the world’s mightiest galleries have signed...
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Cuts to public services in England will ‘reverse’ gender equality, unions warn
Women’s groups urge chancellor to ignore calls for tax cuts in next week’s spring budgetFurther cuts...