Impact
The Swiss Army Will Provide Women Soldiers With Women’s Underwear Instead Of Men’s For The First Time
The Swiss army will start issuing women’s underwear to its women recruits in an effort to increase women recruits.
Women
Activism
Women In Turkey Are Protesting After The President Withdrew From A Treaty Against Gender Violence
Women in Turkey held a mass protest on Saturday Mar. 27 against the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to withdraw the country from an international treaty preventing violence against women.
Women
20 French Firefighters Accused Of Raping A Girl Will Only Be Tried For Sexual Assault And People Want Justice
France’s highest court has ruled a group of firefighters accused of raping a girl from when she was 13 to 15 years old will not be charged with rape but with sexual assault, which carries a lighter sentence than rape.
Impact
New Zealand Passed A Law Giving Couples Who Have A Miscarriage Or Stillbirth Three Days Of Paid Leave
New Zealand’s Parliament unanimously approved bereavement leave that will provide couples who have miscarriage or stillbirth three days of paid leave.
Women
This Salvadoran Surfer Was Struck And Killed By Lightning While Training For The Olympics
Katherine Diaz, a surfer from El Salvador who had been training to compete for the Olympics, was struck and killed by lightning after entering the water to train on Friday Mar. 19.
Activism
The Russian Ballerina Performed “Swan Lake” On A Frozen Bay To Protest A Construction Project
Ilmira Bagautdinova, a ballerina from the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, danced on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in a graceful protest against the construction of a port.
Activism
This Bangladeshi Activist And Actor Has Become The First Trans News Anchor In Her Country
Tashnuva Anan Shishir, an activist and actor, has become the first transgender news anchor in Bangladesh after she delivered her first broadcast on a private TV channel on International Women’s Day.
Impact
Tanzania Has Appointed Its First Woman President After Her COVID-Denying Predecesor
Tanzania’s vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as the country’s first woman president following the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli.
Women
Another Tokyo Olympics Official Has Resigned After Saying This Plus-Size Woman Entertainer Should Be An “Olympig”
Tokyo Olympics’ creative director Hiroshi Sasaki has resigned after saying popular female Japanese comedian and plus-size fashion designer, Naomi Watanabe, could dress up as an “Olympig,” at the opening ceremony.
Women
Several Australian Women Said They Were Raped By Conservative Party Politicians And People Are Furious
Thousands of women in Australia took part in the March 4 Justice demonstrations across cities to protest against the mistreatment of women after several rape allegations involving members of the conservative government.
Women
This British Woman Was Kidnapped And Murdered While She Was Walking Home At Night And People Are Demanding Justice
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old British marketing executive, was walking home to Brixton, South London on Wednesday Mar. 3, when she went missing.
Women
People In Switzerland Have Voted To Ban Muslim Women From Wearing Burqas And Niqabs In Public Spaces
People in Switzerland have narrowly voted to outlaw facial coverings in almost all public places, a ban that includes niqabs and burqas, veils worn by Muslim women, in a referendum.