Women
French Sister Nathalie Becquart will have voting rights in the synod, which will allow her to help make key decisions in the Catholic Church.
Impact
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian economist and the country’s former finance minister, is set to become the first woman director general of the World Trade Organization.
Women
Japan’s former prime minister and the Tokyo Olympics Chief, Yoshiro Mori said women will never stop talking if they don’t restrict their speaking time in meetings.
Women
Although she has faced opposition and even death threats, Talash hopes to be a role model and compete in the Olympics one day.
Impact
Thailand’s Parliament has voted to legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy but people who undergo the procedure later in their pregnancies may still face fines and up to six months in prison.
Women
Song Yoo-jung, a 26 year-old South Korean actress and model, was found dead in Seoul on Saturday, her agency said.
Impact
Kaja Kallas, a 43-year-old lawyer and former EU lawmaker, will lead a new cabinet that will replace the previous cabinet resigned earlier in January over a corruption scandal.
Politics
Anchan Preelert has been sentenced to a record 43 years in prison for sharing audio clips deemed to be insulting the monarchy.
Cute
Images of Gui Yuna, a former paralympian with one leg at a bodybuilding competition in China have gone viral on social media.
Activism
The stamp series is aimed at highlighting the importance of the country’s nature.
Activism
People in Bali, who spent the first days of 2021 cleaning tons of trash that had washed up onto the famous Kuta Beach, were taken by surprise when they saw a woman dressed in a mermaid costume lying among the plastic waste on Monday Jan. 4.
Impact
The Moscow Metro hired 12 women train drivers for the first time after Russia last year changed its decades-old regulation banning women from certain jobs.