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She criticised the politicians who, while she was away from her husband and family, were behind online smear campaigns about them.

“This woman came out of the toilets and told me to get out, so I left. I was just having a laugh and a giggle. Given it was women’s day, I thought I would identify as a woman to show solidarity with them. There was no malice intended.”

Shanteari Weems, speaking exclusively from prison, said she shot her husband in the neck and thigh at a plush Washington, DC hotel when she found out he was being accused of sexually abusing children at the daycare she ran in Baltimore.

This ongoing series highlights women’s news and information about foreign policy about women. This post covers March 06 to March 11.

When State Representative, Jena Powell’s House Bill 6 was heard by the House Higher Education Committee, she lamented the possibility of a “biological male” winning a medal in a sport traditionally associated with women.

“Why are the Democrats working overtime to push the trans agenda?” asked New Hampshire GOP House candidate and former White House assistant press secretary, Karoline Leavitt.

There has been growing international pressure on the Islamic Republic in recent days due to popular outrage over a spate of chemical attacks on girls at dozens of schools.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame of Ghana has been elected to chair the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), becoming the first African woman to lead the committee.

Sistah Sistah Foundation released a statement on Twitter expressing dismay that the march, which it claims was supposed to highlight sexual violence against women, has been twisted into awful waves of hostility.