- A Texas teenager who garnered widespread support is indicted for killing two men who were allegedly trafficking her for sex.
- Nearly 900 women report abnormal menstrual cycles and negative health effects after being exposed to tear gas during Black Lives Matter protests in Portland and other U.S. cities.
- Mexico is set to criminalize “revenge porn” with punishment of up to six years in prison after lawmakers approved legislation.
- Filipino journalist Maria Ressa is awarded the UN’s cultural agency’s annual press freedom prize. Ressa currently manages news website Rappler, whose reporting has made her a target of online and government hate campaigns.
- Australia’s government pledges to increase childcare subsidies to $1.7 AUD in an effort to boost women’s participation in the workplace. The promised budget follows allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination against women in parliament.