Category: News & Current Affairs

The ongoing series highlights women’s news and information from around the globe. This week’s post covered January 28- February 4.

Some of the Committee’s suggestions are accepted in principle by the government in its response; these include the appointment of a Menopausal Ambassador, the beginning of a menopause public health campaign.

Oxlade, was fined N5 million by Justice Olalekan Oresanya of an Ikeja High Court for damages related to the release of a sex tape featuring him and a woman on the messaging app, Snapchat.

Beginning in March 2023, the 12-week programme will feature one boot camp each month, delivered via a combination of online and in-person sessions.

In reaction to Taliban limitations on women’s employment and education in Afghanistan, the United States Secretary of State announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban.

On Wednesday, the Mamelodi Sundowns donated about one hundred football boots and twenty-seven soccer balls to local females in honour of National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD.

In Malawi, a magistrate has been called out for “allowing such a gross display to occur in his court” after he permitted a rape suspect to have his genitals fondled in court while the alleged victim watched.

Equatorial Guinea has produced its first female prime minister after Manuela Roka Botey was nominated to the office by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

The Madras High Court has ruled that Muslim women seeking a Khula (divorce) can only do so in a Family Court, and not in a self-declared private body like a Shariat council consisting of a few members of a Jamaath.

In addition to Lana, Becky G will be honoured with the Impact Award, Kim Petras will be awarded with the Chartbreaker Award, Lainey Wilson will receive the Rulebreaker Award, and Latto will be granted the Powerhouse Award.