- Mastercard and Visa are ending the use of their cards on Pornhub after a New York Times exposé confirmed the presence of child abuse and rape material hosted on the platform.
- Journalist and human rights activist Malala Maiwand was shot dead in Afghanistan, the latest victim in a number of assassinations of women public figures across the country.
- An overhaul of NHS maternity care is urgently needed after an independent inquiry found mothers were blamed for the preventable deaths of their babies and a large number of women died in labour at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.
- New data reveals the number of incarcerated women has increased globally by more than 100,000 in the past decade, despite international rules aimed at reducing the female prison population.