Impact
Taraneh Alidoosti, one of Iran’s most famous actresses, has been released after she was arrested in December for showing her support of the Mahsa Amini protests.
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Norma Piña has been sworn in as the first woman chief justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court on Jan. 2.
Activism
Here’s to a year of progress.
Impact
Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema announced that the country has abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
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Spain’s lower house of parliament has passed a new bill allowing anyone aged 14 and older to change their legal gender without a medical diagnosis.
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The prime minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has offered a formal apology for the role the Netherlands’ played in the slave trade.
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Barbados’ top court has struck down colonial-era laws banning gay sex.
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China has eased some of its most severe COVID policies after unprecedented protests swept the country following the death of 10 people in quarantine in Xinjiang in a fire at an apartment complex.
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Three women referees from France, Brazil and Mexico have made history as the first all-women referee team to take charge of a men’s World Cup match for the first time in 96 years.
Climate
In a first, rich countries have agreed to create a fund to pay for the damages that poor and vulnerable countries have already been bearing the brunt of as a result of climate change.
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The northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has voted to legalize same-sex marriage, making same-sex marriage legal across all of Mexico’s 32 states.
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For the first time in the country’s history, New Zealand’s parliament now has more women than men.