Category: News & Current Affairs

20 per cent of female journalists and media professionals were the victim of offline abuse and attacks considered to be related to the online violence they had encountered.

Nigeria’s Jola Ayeye and FK Abudu of the I Said What I Said podcast, Taymesan of Tea with Tay and Feyikemi Akin-Bankole, and Simi Badiru of F&S Uncensored have become recipients of Spotify’s new Africa Podcast Fund initiative.

The study titled “Why, When and How Men Rape: Understanding Rape Perpetration In South Africa”. It was carried out by Rachel Jewkes, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Robert Morrell and Kristin Dunkle.

In the ongoing series, Document Women highlights noteworthy news related to women and this week’s post covers October 16 to October 22.

Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as Italy’s first female prime minister. On Saturday, Meloni was sworn in by Italian President Sergio Mattarella in a ceremony at the Quirinale Palace in Rome.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said in a press statement that James Heaps, 65, was found guilty of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person.

A new British prime minister should be in place by Friday October 28, according to the Conservative party official responsible for the process.

In an interview granted to Piggyvest, she mentioned that she started vlogging on Youtube because each time she posted about herself biking to work on Instagram, people wanted to know more about it.