Algerian boxer Imane Khelif storms into Olympic final amid gender row | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif storms into Olympic final amid gender row | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Algeria’s Imane Khelif beats Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision to have a shot at winning gold in Friday’s final. Algeria’s Imane Khelif has stormed into the women’s welterweight boxing final at the Paris Olympics 2024 after beating Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng in a unanimous points decision by the judges in…

‘Opening horizons’: Why Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo champions women | Arts and Culture

‘Opening horizons’: Why Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo champions women | Arts and Culture

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesian actor and filmmaker Dian Sastrowardoyo started her career as a model when she was just a teenager, hoping to save up enough money to study overseas. Her entertainment career took off and Dian never did get that degree from a foreign university. But now, more than…

Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa | US Election 2024 News

Harris slams Trump on abortion issue as six-week ban takes effect in Iowa | US Election 2024 News

United States Vice President and the Democratic Party’s likely 2024 nominee Kamala Harris has slammed former President Donald Trump on abortion rights as a stringent, six-week ban on the procedure entered into force in the US state of Iowa. In a post on social media, Harris dubbed the Iowa law…

Do tampons contain ‘alarming’ quantities of lead and arsenic? | Health News

Do tampons contain ‘alarming’ quantities of lead and arsenic? | Health News

Tampons, which are used by millions of women, may carry “alarming” amounts of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a study by academics in the United States has warned. The findings by a team of researchers led by Jenni A Shearston at the University of California at Berkeley (UC…

Financial burdens of being single stress out most women: study
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Financial burdens of being single stress out most women: study

Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than couple up. The “singles tax” — the higher costs that singles pay financially supporting themselves — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would still rather be on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of…

‘We were not allowed to serve food to our fathers when we had our period’ | Women’s Rights

‘We were not allowed to serve food to our fathers when we had our period’ | Women’s Rights

“When I was young, a girl who got her first period was scared and frightened,” Burkinabe grandmother Marie, 73, tells her daughter, Aminata, and teenage granddaughter, Nassiratou, 18 – who calls her grandma “Yaaba”. The three women sit together beneath a tree in their village in west-central Burkina Faso, engaged…

Caitlin Clark scores 20 in first WNBA game but Indiana lose to Connecticut | Basketball News

Caitlin Clark scores 20 in first WNBA game but Indiana lose to Connecticut | Basketball News

Indiana Fever lost 92-71 to Connecticut Sun in the season opener that was sold out for Clark’s debut game in the WNBA. Caitlin Clark’s WNBA career officially began on the road with Indiana Fever’s 92-71 loss at the hands of the Connecticut Sun in the regular-season opener in Uncasville, Connecticut….

A Greek woman feared her ex-partner. He killed her outside a police station | Women

A Greek woman feared her ex-partner. He killed her outside a police station | Women

Athens, Greece – On the evening of April 1, a Monday, 28-year-old Kyriaki Griva’s ex-partner stabbed her to death outside a police station in northern Athens. She was the fifth woman to be killed by an ex or partner this year in Greece. Griva had just left her local police…

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has branded domestic violence a “national crisis” amid an outcry over the rise in the number of killings of women by their intimate partners, and pledged action to tackle the issue, including new funding to help survivors as well as a crackdown on misogynistic online…

Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein | Sexual Assault News

Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein | Sexual Assault News

The announcement follows a decision last week to toss Weinstein’s New York conviction on charges of rape and sexual assault. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has revealed plans to retry United States film producer Harvey Weinstein on charges related to sexual assault, less than a week after a New York…