Nicole Kidman pledges to work with a female director once every 18 months in an attempt to even out gender imbalance in the film industry. At a press conference, she explained:
“Only 4.2 percent of women directed the main motion pictures of 2016, that’s a statistic from the Women in Film group… There were 4000 episodic television series last year and only 183 women directed them. That says it all. So I think that’s an important thing to say and keep saying.
Three more charges laid against Detective Constable Jim Fisher, formerly with the Vancouver Police Department’s counter-exploitation unit. Two of those charges are sexual assault.
Ivanka Trump gives Saudi Arabia a thumbs up for their “progress” on women’s issues.
Fifteen-year-old Bresha Meadows — who was arrested last year for shooting her abusive father — pleads “true” to involuntary manslaughter. The teen was originally charged with aggravated murder.
Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson calls on the provincial government to create legislation protecting women from harassment when seeking an abortion.
Two male academics submit hoax paper, “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” to peer reviewed journal only to discover, upon publication, that the field of Gender Studies is way ahead of them in the nonsense department.