- After more than a decade of women’s rights campaigning over successive administrations, Iran’s Cabinet has approved a bill criminalizing male domestic violence against women. The Protection, Dignity, and Security of Women against Violence will now be submitted to the parliament for vote before it becomes law.
- Zara Kay, an Australian women’s rights campaigner and ex-Muslim activist, has been detained in Tanzania over political charges relating to statements made over social media, alleged to be either blasphemous or critical of the country’s leader.
- In Kentucky, the Free2Hope women’s drop-in center for victims of male violence was sprayed with bullets on New Year’s Eve.
- Ofcom, the UK media regulator, has expanded hate speech restrictions to include intolerance of opinions and to cover “gender reassignment.”
- A class-action lawsuit alleges that poor screening of drivers subjects female passengers of Lyft drivers to greater risk of sexual violence.