- Four porn actors in France are charged with rape, in a first for the country’s adult film industry. The charges come after women started speaking out against harassment and abuse in the French adult film industry.
- An undercover investigation reveals that dozens of U.K. medical facilities are offering hymen repair surgery to “restore” a woman’s virginity as the government moves towards banning the practice.
- Feminists demonstrate in Nabeul as Tunisia’s “landmark” #MeToo case begins in court, involving a government official charged with sexual harassment and public indecency.
- The International Handball Federation will no longer require women to play in bikini bottoms in response to outcry from female athletes and coaches who say the uniform requirements are sexist.
- Researchers say the number of women seeking abortions in Texas fell by almost 50 per cent after the state implemented its ban on all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.