News & Views Women are angrier today than 10 years ago. Here’s why New data has revealed that women across the globe have been angrier by the year over the last decade. Let’s consider why.
News & Views How many more women will be silenced by the law? Two human rights lawyers take on this question in new book How many more women will continue to be failed by the legal system? Keina Yoshida and Jennifer Robinson explore this in their new book.
News & Views World’s female foreign ministers to discuss women’s rights in Iran in virtual meeting Fifteen female foreign ministers from across the globe will meet on Thursday to discuss the urgency of women’s rights in Iran/
News & Views UN experts demand stay of execution for two women activists sentenced to death in Iran Two women LGBT activists, Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubdar, have been sentenced to death by Iranian judicial authorities.
News & Views ‘We join our voices’: Protests reach Syria as Canada sanctions Iran Demonstrations protesting the deaths of women defying Islamic law in Iran have reached Syria, while Canada places sanctions on Iran.
News & Views Protests in Iran turn violent as another young woman is killed by security forces Another woman defying Iran’s mandatory hijab-wearing laws has reportedly been killed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces.
News & Views Saudi Arabia to have its first professional boxing match for women Saudi Arabia’s first women’s professional boxing match is set to take place on August 20th between Ramla Ali and Crystal Nova.
News & Views Saudi activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years in prison over tweets Salma al-Shehab has been sentenced to 34 years in prison, the longest known sentence given to a women’s rights defender in Saudi Arabia.
News & Views The Taliban shifts tactics in its determination to control and oppress women Research into new Taliban policies to control women shows the group might be using different tactics, but it still poses grave dangers.
Soapbox Just 5 per cent of Australia’s aid budget goes to adolescent girls It’s International Youth Day, but an entire generation of young women, girls and gender-diverse people are about to have their future erased.
News & Views Plenary Council of Australia amends rules to better reflect the experience of women in Catholic Church Plenary Council of Australia have passed a motion to revise a version of the section on the equal dignity of women in the Catholic Church.
News & Views Land of the free where guns have more rights than women In the USA, women’s bodies are now more regulated than guns thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court that has ended the constitutional right to abortion.