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Belgium becomes first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections: .1 December 2024 (LINK)

— Belgium made history on Sunday as the first country in the world to allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension. The new law also guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment. Lawmakers passed the law in May but it officially took effect on Sunday.


140 women are murdered every day by relatives, UN Women report reveals.25 November 2024 (LINK)

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence: 25 November - 10 December 2024 (Human Rights Day).25 November 2024 (LINK)

— The campaign was launched by activists at the inaugural Women's Global Leadership Institute in 1991, and has since mobilized individuals and organizations, including the United Nations and partners worldwide to advocate for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls (VAWG).


Trump hush money sentencing delayed indefinitely.23 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 388 media reports (LINK)


UNESCAP conference calls for renewed, bold efforts to make gender equality commitments a reality in Asia and the Pacific.20 November 2024 (LINK)


Top Australian radio host and rugby coach Alan Jones charged with sexually abusing eight people.18 November 2024 (LINK)


Colombian Congress votes to end child marriages after 17-year-long campaign.15 November 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 58 media reports (LINK)

'Woman of the Hour' is groundbreaking: it's the first feminist true crime film to achieve commercial success since the #MeToo movement gained momentum in 2017.4 November 2024 (LINK)


Ex-Abercrombie CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges. — 26 October 2024 (LINK)


Roman Polanski no longer going on trial in L.A. over alleged 1973 rape of 16-year-old22 October 2024 (LINK)

— The director's lawyer, Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, told French news agency AFP that the case was "settled in the summer to the parties' mutual satisfaction and has now been formally dismissed." Polanski was set to face trial in August 2025. Gloria Allred, the lawyer of the anonymous plaintiff, confirmed to Variety that "a settlement of claims was agreed to by the parties to their mutual satisfaction." The lawsuit was filed in June 2023.

— Polanski has been a fugitive from the U.S. since 1978, so would not have been able to attend the trial in person and would have needed to appear via live video feed. Polanski fled the country on the eve of sentencing for the rape of a 13-year-old girl, and has been unable to return to the country since then without fear of arrest. Over the following decades, efforts to resolve the criminal case and extradite him have been unsuccessful.

— Polanski had also recently faced a defamation trial in Paris from actor Charlotte Lewis, who alleged that he had sexually assaulted her when she was 16. In a 2019 interview with French magazine Paris Match, Polanski called Lewis' claim a "heinous lie", causing Lewis to sue him for defamation. In May, Polanski was acquitted of the charges.


Attorney says 120 accusers allege sexual misconduct against Sean 'Diddy' Combs1 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 141 media reports (LINK)


Ex-Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed accused of multiple rapes by staff19 September 2024 (LINK)

— "The women we have spoken to say his portrayal as pleasant and gregarious was far from the truth. "He was vile," says one of the women, Sophia, who worked as his personal assistant from 1988 to 1991. She says he tried to rape her more than once.'That makes me angry, people shouldn't remember him like that. It's not how he was.'"

— Harrods told the BBC in a statement these had been the actions of an individual "intent on abusing his power" which it condemned in the strongest terms. It said: "The Harrods of today is a very different organisation to the one owned and controlled by Al Fayed between 1985 and 2010, it is one that seeks to put the welfare of our employees at the heart of everything we do."

— The BBC has spoken to 13 women who say Fayed sexually assaulted them at 60 Park Lane. Four of them, including Rachel, say they were raped. "Eight other women have also told us they were sexually assaulted by Fayed at his properties in Paris. Five women described the assaults as an attempted rape."

— "The abuse of women, I was aware of it when I was on the shop floor," says Tony Leeming, a Harrods department manager from 1994 to 2004. It "wasn't even a secret", recalls Mr Leeming, who says he did not know about more serious allegations of assault or rape. "And I think if I knew, everybody knew. Anyone who says they didn't are lying, I'm sorry". Mr Leeming's testimony is backed up by former members of Fayed's security team. "We were aware that he had this very strong interest in young girls," says Eamon Coyle, who joined Harrods in 1979 as a store detective, then became deputy director of security from 1989-95.


Gisele Pelicot, 'drugged by husband and raped by strangers', walks out of French court amid thunderous applause17 September 2024 (LINK)


More men accuse ex-Abercrombie boss over sex events14 September 2024 (LINK)


White House gets voluntary commitments from AI companies to curb deepfake porn: Adobe, Anthropic, Cohere, Common Crawl, Microsoft and OpenAI12 September 2024 (LINK)

Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes in New York: Prosecutors presented evidence of three additional allegations dating back to the 2000s against the movie producer12 September 2024 (LINK)

King Charles will force Prince Andrew out of Royal Lodge if needed: report12 September 2024 (LINK)

— In 2019, Andrew was forced to step down as a working royal after his friendship with the late pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein came to light.


Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public22 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 39 media reports (LINK)


Harley-Davidson is dropping diversity initiatives after right-wing anti-DEI campaign19 August 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 17 media reports (LINK)


Phil Donahue, the U.S. TV talk show host who just died at 88, pioneered an approach was unique for its time, often inviting audience participation and focusing on controversial or taboo subjects. He was an unsung LGBTQ+ ally, who talked about being gay — and AIDS — when no one else would18 August 2024 (LINK)


Mandisa Maya appointed as South Africa's first woman Chief Justice26 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 19 media reports (LINK)


Pope Francis accepts the resignation of a Colombian bishop mentioned in a book on sexual abuse21 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 26 media reports (LINK)


Gambia parliament rejects bill to end ban on female genital mutilation16 July 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 57 media reports — (LINK)


Taliban delegation attends UN meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan, women excluded (video)france2430 June 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 26 media reports — (LINK)

The University of Geneva orchestra has, as of September 2024, its first female conductor. Judith Baubérot is an assistant lecturer at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genèveslippedisc22 June 2024 (LINK)


Harvey Weinstein, 72, faces New York retrial in September after 2020 rape conviction overturnedground.news: 41 media reports1 May 2024 (LINK)


Actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for alleged sexual assaults on a film set, prosecutors sayground.news: 73 media reports29 April 2024 (LINK)


New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trialAP25 April 2024 (LINK)

— In a stinging dissent, Judge Madeline Singas wrote that the majority was "whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said/she-said narrative", and said the Court of Appeals was continuing a "disturbing trend of overturning juries' guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence."

— Weinstein, 72, has been serving a 23-year sentence in a New York prison following his conviction on charges of criminal sex act for forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and rape in the third degree for an attack on an aspiring actress in 2013. He will remain imprisoned because he was convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of another rape and sentenced to 16 years in prison.


Report — Former Team USA doctor Larry Nassar's sexual assault victims to get $100M from Justice Dept.ESPN18 April 2024 (LINK)


France becomes first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right: vote 780-72ground.news: 309 media reports4 March 2024 (LINK)


How to end female genital mutilation? UN seeks to eradicate practice by 2030france242 February 2024 (LINK)


Cameron Diaz breaks her silence after being named in Jeffrey Epstein documents: "Cameron never met Jeffrey Epstein, nor was she ever in the same place as him or had any association with him whatsoever, regardless of the fact he may or may not have mentioned her name or implied that he knew her."marieclaire7 January 2024 (LINK)


Lenore Blum: the ‘accidental activist’ who changed the face of mathematicsquantamagazine3 January 2024 (LINK)


Jeffrey Epstein documents unsealed, naming Prince Andrew and former President Clintonground.news: 343 media reports2 January 2024 (LINK)

— Court documents reveal that Ghislaine Maxwell confirmed former President Bill Clinton had traveled on Epstein's private jet, although it is unknown how many times. Epstein's email to Maxwell referenced a "Clinton dinner" and alleged involvement of Stephen Hawking in an underage orgy, as reported in the unsealed documents. The released documents provide details from a lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who accused Epstein of sexually abusing her as a minor and alleged that Maxwell aided in the abuse. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls and is now appealing her conviction.

Jeffrey Epstein said Bill Clinton 'likes them young,' accuser testified in newly unsealed deposition — (LINK)

Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her, documents show — (LINK)

Jeffrey Epstein documents: Here's what we know so farAP4 January 2024 (LINK)


How a man's world systematically neglects womenthegenevaobserver17 December 2023 (LINK)


It's taking longer to schedule abortions in the US since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Doctors fear riskier, more complex proceduresground.news main source: AP, 20 media reports9 December 2023 (LINK)


LGBTQ couple in Nepal becomes 1st to receive official same-sex marriage statusground.news: 48 media reports29 November 2023 (LINK)


Russian authorities ask Supreme Court to declare the LGBTQ 'movement' extremistground.news: 120 media reports17 November 2023 (LINK)


Jesús Ociel Baena, Mexico's first nonbinary judge, and partner found dead in apparent knife attackground.news: media reports13 November 2023 (LINK)


Fashion mogul Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 counts of sexual assaultcnn12 November 2023 (LINK)


Japan court rules it is 'unconstitutional' to require transgender sterilization in landmark caseCNN26 October 2023 (LINK)


QAnon hero who inspired "Sound of Freedom" film accused of sexually assaulting five womenboingboing.net11 October 2023 (LINK)


The Lauren Boebert date story just got super weirdnew republic / news.yahoo.com19 September 2023 (LINK)

— "All future date nights have been canceled, and I learned to check party affiliations before you go on a date," Boebert jokingly told TMZ on Monday.

Does Boebert vape near (and then tell off) pregnant women on all of her first dates? If her date's a Democrat, why would he go on a date with Boebert? And why would she go on a date with him?


Luis Rubiales resigns as president of Spanish FA over Jenni Hermoso kissground.news: 262 media reports10 September 2023 (LINK)


US TV star Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life for two rapes at height of fame in 2001-3 after drugging womenwww.bbc.com7 September 2023 (LINK)

— Throughout the trial, prosecutors argued that the Church of Scientology had helped cover up the assaults — an allegation the organisation has categorically denied. At the time of the attacks, Masterson and all three of his accusers were Scientologists. Several of the women said it took them years to come forward because Church of Scientology officials discouraged them from reporting the rape to police. In its statement after the verdict in May, the Church of Scientology said there was "not a scintilla of evidence supporting the scandalous allegations that the Church harassed the accusers".


Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across countryground.news: 140 media reports6 September 2023 (LINK)

Mexico's next president will be a womanground.news main source: AP, 20 media reports6 September 2023 (LINK)

Spain's Hermoso files criminal complaint over Rubiales kiss, prosecutor saysground.news main source: Reuters, 177 media reports6 September 2023 (LINK)


Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers: 59% of women experienced harassment or assaultground.news main source: AP, 17 media reports27 August 2023 (LINK)


FIFA suspends Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days after World Cup final kissground.news: 175 media reports26 August 2023 (LINK)


Monaco ends corruption probe of Lebanon's Mikati for lack of evidenceground.news: 15 media reports25 August 2023 (LINK)


Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study showsground.news main source: AP, 15 media reports24 August 2023 (LINK)

FIFA opens case against Spanish soccer official who a kissed player on the lips at Women's World Cupground.news: 165 media reports24 August 2023 (LINK)


FIFA head Infantino says Women's World Cup breaks even but plays down calls for equal prize money: $110m for women, $440m for menground.news: 14 media reports18 August 2023 (LINK)

— FIFA President Gianni Infantino says women should "pick the right battles" to "convince us, men, what we have to do" over equality issues in soccer.

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals courtground.news: 91 media reports18 August 2023 (LINK)


Australian megachurch founder Brian Houston acquitted of covering up father's child sex crimes: followed the wishes of his father's victimCNN17 August 2023 (LINK)


Jury awards Texas woman $1.2 billion in 'revenge porn' lawsuitground.news 1 main source: nyt, 30 media reports16 August 2023 (LINK)


Afghan women demand education rights in UN appealground.news 1 main source: afp , 13 media reports16 August 2023 (LINK)

Australian ex-priest, jailed since 1994, has prison sentence extended to 40 years for molesting 72nd child victimground.news: 17 media reports15 August 2023 (LINK)


Miss Universe Organisation cuts Indonesia ties over sex abuse claimsground.news: 67 media reports12 August 2023 (LINK)


Malaysia makes owning an LGBTQ+ Swatch punishable by up to 3 years in jailAP10 August 2023 (LINK)


6 Miss Indonesia Universe contestants lodge sexual harassment complaint against organizerswionews9 August 2023 (LINK)


Influencer Andrew Tate released from Romanian house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trialground.news: 16 media reports4 August 2023 (LINK)

Kevin Spacey found not guilty on all charges in U.K. sexual assault trialground.news: 343 media reports26 July 2023 (LINK)

Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenshipground.news: media reports26 July 2023 (LINK)


Women burn down houses of two accused of parading women from the Kuki tribal group naked on Manipur streets last May: four arrests after video appeared on social media in northeastern region of inter-ethnic violenceground.news: 33 media reports21 July 2023 (LINK)

— Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the situation in the state for the first time on 20 July, saying: "My heart is filled with grief and anger. The incident in Manipur is shameful for any civil society. What happened with the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven," adding the "law will take its course with all its might."

Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates, in Paduaedition.cnn.com21 July 2023 (LINK)

— The birth certificates belong to 33 children of Italian women who underwent artificial insemination abroad and then registered their children under the city's center-left government, led by Sergio Giordani, in 2017.


World cycling's governing body bans female transgender athletes from women's eventground.news: 78 media reports15 July 2023 (LINK)

— The UCI's decision is based on the current state of scientific knowledge, which does not guarantee equal opportunities between transgender female athletes and cisgender female participants.

The UCI is open to changing these rules in the future as scientific knowledge evolves and will initiate discussions with other members of the international sporting movement to fund research on the physical performance of transgender athletes undergoing hormonal treatment.


For the 1st time, each of the 732 players at the Women's World Cup will be paid at least $30Kground.news: main source: apmews, 45 media reports12 July 2023 (LINK)


Switzerland bans photographers taking 'suggestive' photos of gymnastspetapixel.com10 July 2023 (LINK)


Rikkie Kolle, 22, has become the first transgender woman to be crowned Miss Universe Netherlands: she will represent the Netherlands in the upcoming Miss Universe competition, making her the first trans woman to do so since 2018ground.news: 26 media reports8 July 2023 (LINK)


US religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa ground.news: main source:ap, 19 media reports2 July 2023 (LINK)


Embattled Tennessee bishop resigns after allegations he mishandled sex abuse accusationsground.news: 48 media reports — factuality: high27 June 2023 (LINK)

The state of abortion access in America a year after Roe's reversal (video 7:56)pbsnewshour25 June 2023 (LINK)


The state of abortion access in America a year after Roe's reversal (video)pbsnewshour25 June 2023 (LINK)

Mother of three (44) who took abortion pill after UK term limit (10 weeks) sentenced to 28 monthsedition.cnn.com13 June 2023 (LINK)


British Cycling bars transgender women from competing in female categoryground.news: 45 media reports26 May 2023 (LINK)


Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With 20-year-old Russian Bridge Playerground.news: 44 media reports21 May 2023 (LINK)


Mexico withdraws prison sentence against of woman who killed her rapist in self defenseground.news: 12 reports20 May 2023 (LINK)


WHO dismisses lead COVID origins investigator for sexual misconductground.news: 40 media reports3 May 2023 (LINK)


U.K. Met police officers arrested in rape and kidnap inquiryground.news: 9 media reports3 May 2023 (LINK)


Former UCLA gynecologist sentenced to 11 years on sex–related charges involving patientsabc7.com27 April 2023 (LINK)


How much substance is there to the UN's gender parity goal? Gender parity in the UN has been progressing at a snail pacegenevasolutions25 April 2023 (LINK)


How to fix the UN's sex abuse problem? Interview with Christian Saunders, the UN's special coordinator on improving its response to sexual exploitation and abuse thenewhumanitarian.org24 April 2023 (LINK)

Conservative posts misrepresent UN position on sex between adults and minorsfactcheck.afp.com24 April 2023 (LINK)


Taliban close education centers in southern Afghanistanground.news: 17 reports17 April 2023 (LINK)

Iran Makes Fresh Push to Force Women to Wear Hijabground.news: 15 reports17 April 2023 (LINK)

Thirteen women accuse Gérard Depardieu of sexual violenceground.news: 102 reports13 April 2023 (LINK)


Pope Francis expands sex abuse law, covers lay Catholic leaders and reaffirms adults can be victimscbsnews25 March 2023 (LINK)

10 groundbreaking female artists shamefully overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famefaroutmagazine.co.uk24 March 2023 (LINK)


Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 16 Years in addition to 23 years In Prison On L.A. Sexual Assault Charges ground.news: 382 reports24 February 2023 (LINK)

Marilyn Manson Sex Abuse Accuser Recants Allegation, Claims Evan Rachel Wood 'Manipulated' Her ground.news: 20 reports24 February 2023 (LINK)


Portugal church sex abuse study finds 512 alleged victims. Senior Portuguese church officials had previously claimed that only a handful of cases had occurredground.news: 83 reports13 February 2023 (LINK)


'Evil' Met Police officer who was unmasked as serial rapist jailed for at least 30 yearsground.news: 93 reports7 February 2023 (LINK)


Nick Kyrgios avoids conviction after pleading guilty to assaulting ex-girlfriend ground.news: 142 reports3 February 2023 (LINK)

Gary Glitter freed after serving half his jail sentence for sex abuse of 3 girlsground.news: 34 reports3 February 2023 (LINK)

First woman pastor in Holy Land ordainedBBC22 January 2023 (LINK)


French football federation president Le Graet under investigation for moral and sexual harassment ground.news: 29 reports17 January 2023 (LINK)


Opera star Placido Domingo faces new accusations of misconduct in early 2000sground.news: 28 reports15 January 2023 (LINK)

First woman and LGBTQ person elected Massachusetts governor sworn inNBCnews6 January 2023 (LINK)


Gender Parity Endured Among Top UN Posts in 2022, but Gaps in Lower-Level Jobs Persist: a gender gap exists in entry-level positions in the Secretariat, which saw a decrease in women filling such jobspassblue5 January 2023 (LINK)

Iranian actress jailed for supporting protests is releasedaxios4 January 2023 (LINK)


Missouri carries out first known execution of an openly transgender person for 2003 murderCNN3 January 2023 (LINK)

Iranian chess player was warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijabground.news: 27 reports3 January 2023 (LINK)


Mexico elects first female Supreme Court president, who has pushed back against the government's nationalist energy agenda, amid a succession process clouded by allegations of plagiarism against another justice competing for the jobground.news: 24 reports2 January 2023 (LINK)

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre to be freed from gagging clause in late February as part of $12m settlementground.news: 7 reports2 January 2023 (LINK)


Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuseground.news: 39 reports1 January 2023 (LINK)

Romanian court rules social media influencer Andrew Tate who clashed with Greta Thunberg to be detained for 30 days along with brother on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime groupground.news: 59 reports30 December 2022 (LINK)

Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, a U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit saysnpr30 December 2022 (LINK)

Switzerland rejects idea of a third-gender option in official records ap / euronews21 December 2022 (LINK)


Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from universitiessource20 December 2022 (LINK)

Kenyan Muslim women told to wear hijab in public or find another country to livemonitor.co.ug20 December 2022 (LINK)

Harvey Weinstein found guilty of three counts of rape and sexual assault on one woman in Los Angeles trial, divided on 3 others, including wife of California governorThe Guardian.19 December 2022 (LINK)


As the Taliban doles out lashings, what have Afghan women and girls lost in 15 months under the extremists?cbsnews21 November 2022 (LINK)

Wimbledon relaxes dress code to allow women to wear dark undershortsground.news: 84 reports18 November 2022 (LINK)

UK prosecutors authorize more charges against actor Spacey for sexual assaultground.news: 182 reports17 November 2022 (LINK)

Judge overturns Georgia's six-week abortion ban as unconstitutionalCNN16 November 2022 from 15 November (LINK)

French church lifts veil on 11 bishops' sexual abuse cases ground.news: 57 reports8 November 2022 (LINK)

Kathleen Booth, Creator of the First Assembly Language died on 29 September, aged 100thenewstack6 November 2022 (LINK)

WHO suspends senior manager after sexual assault complaint-reportsreuters1 November 2022 (LINK)

Ex-UCLA gynecologist found guilty in LA sex abuse caseap / abcnews20 October 2022 (LINK)

Jury concludes Kevin Spacey didn't molest actor Anthony Rapp in 1986ap / pbs20 October 2022 (LINK)

British physicist creates over 1,600 wikipedia pages for women scientists and scientists of colormymodernmet19 October 2022 (LINK)

Ghislaine Maxwell speaks for first time on close friendships with Clinton and Trump in exclusive interview from prisonthesun15 October 2022 (LINK)

Chinese gang leader gets 24 years for brutal group attack on womenground.news24 September 2022 (LINK)

Church of England bars Desmond Tutu's gay married daughter, a priest, from presiding over friend's funeralground.news23 September 2022 (LINK)

Chelsea F.C. sack director Damian Willoughby within a month for 'inappropriate messages' sent to female agentground.news22 September 2022 (LINK)

California woman who faked her own kidnapping to escape abusive relationship sentenced to 18 months in prisoncnn / post-gazette20 September 2022 (LINK)

Six arrested in northern India over alleged rape and murder of teensground.news15 September 2022 (LINK)

U.S. judge orders an Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist to pay his family $150,000 in restitutionCNN15 September 2022 (LINK)

Girls 'failed by discrimination' and stereotyping in maths class: UNICEFun14 September 2022 (LINK)

Hungary's government tightens rules regulating abortionground.news13 September 2022 (LINK)

London police officer charged with 13 child sex offencesground.news13 September 2022 (LINK)

Waiting for full gender equality? Not until 2322 at present rate, according to UN Women/UNDESAwomensagenda12 September 2022 (LINK)

'Queen's Gambit' defamation suit against Netflix over 'sexist' storyline is settledindiewire7 September 2022 (LINK)

Singapore to end colonial-era ban on gay sex after years of debateground.news22 August 2022 (LINK)

Seattle CEO who cut his pay so workers earned $70K resigns to fight sex assault allegations and reckless drivingAP18 August 2022 (LINK)


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