Women's Rights

• ‘Woman’ legally defined as someone biologically female, rules U.K. Supreme Court

  Five judges ruled that the U.K. Equality Act meant that trans women can be excluded from certain spaces, including changing rooms and swimming pools.

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  Apr 16, 2025
  
• Women’s rights activist Cecile Richards dead at 67

  Cecile Richards died Monday at home in New York “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie,” her family said in a statement.

  U.S. News

  Jan 20, 2025
  
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• Crowds turn out for Regina Women’s March despite frigid temperatures

  Despite extreme cold and forecast lows under -30 C, scores of people joined the march, which walked from Regina's Cathedral neighbourhood to downtown.

  Perspectives

  Jan 18, 2025
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• New Calgary show pays tribute to Canadian women’s rights pioneer

  A new show at Calgary's Heritage Park has actors recreate an old-fashioned radio play set in 1929, depicting events in the life of women’s rights pioneer Nellie McClung.

  Features

  May 16, 2024
• Trudeau calls New Brunswick’s Conservative government a ‘disgrace’ on women’s rights

  Trudeau says Higgs and other conservatives around the country are trying to score political points off transgender and nonbinary children, who are "incredibly vulnerable."

  Politics

  May 16, 2024
• Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

  Iran's jailed women's rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran's theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters.

  World

  Oct 6, 2023
• Taliban ban beauty salons for women in Afghanistan

  The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives salons throughout the country a month's notice to wind down their businesses

  World

  Jul 4, 2023
• Conservative bill defeated amid concerns it would promote fetal rights

  The bill was sponsored by Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall, who opposes abortion but said recently the legislation is entirely focused on violence against women.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2023
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• Montreal students lift 250,000 pounds in support of women’s rights, Iranian protesters

  Dozens of Montreal students came together on Thursday to show their support for protesting Iranians and raise money for a women's shelter by 'lifting the weight of oppression.'

  Education

  Jun 8, 2023
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• UN initiative to stem gender-based violence urges Canada for funds 

  In a letter, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help fund what's called the Spotlight Initiative.

  Canada

  May 5, 2023