All The Women’s News You Missed This Week
Five Thai women are rescued from a human trafficking operation in Georgia, which sought to sell women’s eggs on the black market. Female leaders in the Church of England pressured for better safeguards to prevent abuse by clergy. South Africa’s first openly gay Iman is found dead in a likely assassination. A trans man, Sam Nordquist, who has been missing since the fall of this year, has been discovered to have been held for nearly a month, tortured, and then murdered in a horrifying case from upstate New York (donation link below). Finally, after a very long fight, abortions are set to be provided in the U.S. State of Missouri.
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Investigative Journalism and Opinion:
Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims
Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps
Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care – new research
What Sexual Liberation Really Looks Like
With a ‘tradwife’ starring in Married at First Sight, a nostalgic vision of womanhood takes centre stage
Women are overwhelmed because these are overwhelming times (Irish opinion article on the backlash against women who take weight loss drugs)
4B Isn’t Breaking Up With Men—It’s Breaking Up With the System
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
Diabetes during pregnancy can cause serious problems later – mothers need proper screening after birth
New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws
Infant mortality rises in US states with abortion bans, study finds
Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.
Thai Women Share Horrifying Story of Human Egg Farm Exploitation in Georgia
Philippine president thanks Cambodia for pardoning 13 Filipino women convicted of illegal surrogacy
City looks to expand body rub licensing, but will it make women safer?
New York police charge five with 'disturbing' murder of trans man
The first openly gay Muslim imam is killed in South Africa, prompting claims of an assassination
US Park Service erases the word ‘transgender’ from website commemorating Stonewall riot
Federal judge pauses President Trump’s order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
Georgia Senate bill would cut funding for adult gender-affirming care, but it may have cloudy future
Changing room row nurse faces disciplinary hearing
(Mostly) Male Violence Against Women:
'Not safe in my own country': Women assaulted in alleged Islamophobic attacks
Brutal killings of two women in Papua New Guinea spark outrage and calls for action
Seven more women accuse Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of sexual misconduct
India anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died
'Where's my apology from MI5?' asks victim of abusive neo-Nazi agent
Accuser drops rape lawsuit against Jay-Z and Sean Combs
An Indian court sentences a man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish backpacker
Estranged husband of NYC art dealer is indicted in murder-for-hire plot in Brazil
Woman shot dead on Valentine's Day named
Missing teen's mum calls for grooming gangs inquiry
S Korea striker gets suspended jail term for filming secret sex videos
Why India fails to protect its domestic workers despite decades of abuse
Conor McGregor to appeal civil rape case verdict
Rights defenders assess chances of justice for young woman assassinated in Chechnya
'Not safe in my own country': Women assaulted in alleged Islamophobic attacks
Senators grill Linda McMahon on the education position she may not fill for long
A former aide to New York governors and her husband face new charges in foreign agent of China case
Man whose wife was killed in a hippo attack in Africa sues the US company that booked the trip
The 'baby Olympian' and the pregnancy that stunned the world
Japanese woman arrested for squashing bun in shop
The A-level student who became an enemy of the Chinese state
Chelsea star Sam Kerr cleared of racial harassment
Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' antisemitic video
Suspect in Christmas cake poisoning found dead in jail cell
Church missed opportunity to hear victims, says bishop
Church risks further crisis if it doesn't act, says ex-child abuse inquiry chair
Who is Danielle Sassoon, prosecutor who quit in protest from Trump justice department?
UK’s Starmer tells hunger-striking mum he will press Egypt to release her son
Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge blocks restrictions
Older women in Nepal are learning how to read and write
A new start after 60: I got divorced, became a lawyer – and began fighting for other women
She ‘defies the archetype of the good feminist’ — now Lisa Yuskavage is on top of the art world
Mrs Stirs Debate: Fans Defend Sanya Malhotra’s Film After Men’s Rights Group Calls It ‘Toxic Feminism'
Black girls are ‘missing’ from popular media. Here’s how we can do better.
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron, 24, found dead
Colombian superstar Shakira cancels her concert in Lima after being hospitalized
Movie Review: Bridget Jones is middle-aged now. And we still love her, just as she is
As always, this is global and domestic news from a US perspective covering feminist issues and women in the news more generally. As of right now, I do not cover Women’s Sports. Published each Monday.
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