Tag: Women

• Saturday, February 1st 2025 - 10:19 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Girls and Women in Sport International Day with huge display

  

  A very active month for sports in the Falkland Islands particularly with the coming Girls and Women in Sport International Day scheduled on 05 February. With this in mind the Falklands National Sports Council, NSC, is coordinating a series of social media posts and events to highlight a selection of the many women in Falkland sport as well as offering some opportunities to have a go at some sports that women might not have considered previously.

• Thursday, August 19th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Multilateral declaration signed in defense of Afghan women in fear under the Taliban

  

  The European Union (EU) was joined by several countries Wednesday in a declaration whereby the international community vows to closely monitor the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban seizure of power last Sunday.

• Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Names of women victimized by violence painted on metal barriers protecting Mexico's National Palace

  

  Reuters – The names of women victimized by violence were painted late on Saturday on metal barriers erected around Mexico's national palace ahead of a major women's march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed

  

  A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Chilean women massive turnout on Sunday for the two-day feminist strike which continues Monday

  

  Cities across Chile erupted in mass celebration and outrage on Sunday as women and their supporters rallied for International Women's Day. In Santiago, Dignity plaza that has become the city's ground zero for protests in recent months could not contain the crowd, extending for blocks along significant boulevards. Marches were under way in several cities, with others to follow on Sunday evening.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 18:20 UTC

  Thousands of women with green scarves rally in Argentina in support of bill to legalize abortion

  

  Thousands of women, many sporting the green scarves that have become the symbol of Argentina's abortion rights movement, rallied in Buenos Aires and other cities on Wednesday to campaign for a new bill to legalize abortion.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Women who have frequent sex delay entering menopause

  

  Women approaching menopause who have frequent sex are less likely to cross that threshold than women of the same age who are not as active sexually, researchers said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Furious ladies take to the streets of Mexico City on the Day to Eliminate Violence against Women

  

  Demonstrators smashed windows, spray-painted monuments and clashed with riot police on Monday on Mexico City's main avenue to protest Mexican authorities' failure to stop a spiral of violence against women.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazilian faith healer accused of raping 300 women has turned himself in

  

  A Brazilian faith healer who was accused of sexual abuse by more than 300 women has turned himself in a day after being officially ruled a fugitive, local news media reported on Sunday.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro's homophobic rhetoric backfiring among women voters

  

  Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro built much of his reputation on shocking, sexist rhetoric. But that’s backfiring with the majority of the electorate: women. The former Army captain’s rejection rate has risen to 50% among female voters, even as he lies on a hospital bed after being stabbed by a fanatic.