- American comedian Bill Cosby was released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction for sexual assault. Cosby had served the minimum three years out of a three to 10 year sentence. He had been accused of rape and sexual assault by 60 women.
- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge signed an order denying Britney Spears the ability to terminate her father’s legal control over her as part of a conservatorship. Last week, Spears testified that her father was forcing her to use birth control despite her wishes to have a child, among other alleged abuses.
- Japan is experiencing a spike in suicides among women, due to factors such as a rise in domestic violence and unemployment.
- A parliamentary inquiry concluded that Police in London violated “fundamental rights” of protesters in their handling of a vigil organized in memory of Sarah Everard, a woman raped and killed by a London police officer.
- At the most recent National Congress of China’s Communist Party (CCP), women accounted for just 83 of 938 delegates, or fewer than 10 per cent.
- Hawaii passed legislation that bans the sale of childlike sex dolls and grants better protections for victims of sex trafficking by allowing traffickers to be prosecuted at any time.