- A US political campaign ad questioning legislation that allows trans-identified male athletes to participate in women’s sports was censored by Facebook.
- The Japan Times reports that the COVID-19 pandemic has split surrogate babies from their families and increased exploitative practices, including reviving a black market for surrogacy.
- Several North Korean women defectors claim they were sexually assaulted by police officers assigned to protect them. Earlier this month, two high-ranking intelligence officers were indicted on charges of raping a defector multiple times.
- Kenya’s top judge advised the president to dissolve Parliament due to its inability to meet a minimum requirement for women’s representation.
- A top member of Japan’s ruling party describes the country’s politics as a “democracy without women”, days after the new prime minister appointed only two female MPs to his cabinet.