Over 1.5 million cancer deaths in women worldwide could be avoided through proper prevention, says report by The Lancet
A recent The Lancet Commission analyzed data on the intersection of gender, power, and cancer distribution, issuing warnings about the unequal burden of disease still shouldered by women
Taliban bans women from working with the UN in Afghanistan
The latest restrictions are being viewed as an extension of the Taliban’s December 2022 directive banning women from working in NGOs. The UN said it is being forced to make an appalling choice between staying and delivering in support of the Afghan people and standing by the norms and principles we are duty-bound to uphold
Millions of women take to the streets across Latin America and Caribbean
From Argentina to Mexico, millions of women and gender-diverse people took to the streets to demand equal rights in the most unequal region of the world
International Women’s Day 2023: Struggle for dignity and equality for all
This International Working Women’s Day, we take a look at the mobilizations and struggles women are taking part in across the world in their fight for equality, democracy, and dignity.
Thousands of women march for a better future across Pakistan
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, thousands of women carried out massive rallies across major cities demanding better wages, security, and the repeal of the sedition and criminal defamation laws that are being used to silence dissent and target marginalized communities
Cubans just ratified the world’s most progressive Family Code
Cuba’s new Family Code, passed in a referendum with 67% of the vote, expands women’s, children’s, and LGBTQ people’s legal rights
Cuba prepares for referendum on progressive Family Code
The new Family Code, drafted in consultation with the general public, is considered to be the world’s most inclusive and progressive code
Reclaiming the radical roots of International Working Women’s Day
The day was established by socialist women in order to highlight women’s centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as well as to end the unique oppression faced by women.
“You strike a woman, you strike a rock!”
Across the world, women took to the streets for International Working Women’s Day to demand dignity, equality, and freedom
Women protest Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul convention
The conservative government in Turkey led by AKP officially withdrew from the convention which demands signatories make legal and institutional arrangements for protecting women and achieving gender equality
Women across the world demand end to gender-based violence
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Millions mobilize across Latin America for International Working Women’s Day
This years mobilization was one of the largest yet which saw millions across the continent on the streets demanding justice, rights and equality
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
- Argentine unions call another general strike for May 9
