- A suspect has been charged with eight counts of murder in Atlanta-area shootings that targeted Asian-run spas. This attack follows a surge of anti-Asian hate incidents over the past year, with new data revealing that nearly 70 per cent of attacks were against Asian women.
- New York governor Andrew Cuomo faces calls to resign from members of his own political party as accusations of sexual harassment and misogynist conduct continue to pile up. In addition to sexually inappropriate behavior, Cuomo is accused of having created a Women’s Equality Party as a political tool to advance those within his network.
- Cultural attitudes toward working women combined with the impact of the pandemic has resulted in disproportionate job losses for Italian women. Between November and December, 99,000 of the 101,000 jobs lost were women’s.
- Tens of thousands of women march across Australia to demand gender equality and justice for sexual assault survivors in light of a recent wave of allegations centered around the country’s parliament.