- A Texas woman is charged with taking a girl overseas to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in the first case of its kind in the U.S.
- Ireland Taoiseach Michael Martin issues a State apology for the “dark, difficult, and shameful” treatment of unmarried women and their children in mother and baby homes following a report that found 9,000 babies died in 18 homes between 1922 and 1998.
- A new study finds that women who are not perceived as “conventionally attractive” are less likely to have their sexual assault allegations believed.
- According to a survey of 50,000 UK women, over 70 per cent of working mothers who asked to be furloughed for childcare due to school shutdowns were refused.
- A Bangladesh High Court decision to ban female officials from registering Islamic marriages because of their menstruation cycles causes uproar.