Lawyers say Epstein victims to sue financier’s estate this week

By Reuters,

Lawyers for several women who say they were sexually abused by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein plan to file lawsuits this week against his estate ...

Jeffrey Epstein , President Bill Clinton , President Donald Trump , sex trafficking

UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children

By VOA,

More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...

Afghanistan , Conflicts , somalia , The United Nations (UN)

DUQUE: Torture, brutal silencing & permanent censorship threaten freedom of expression

By Citizen,

“And even if we chose to let you live out the natural term of your life, still you would never escape from us. What happens to you here is forever. ...

freedom of expression , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

KLM still under fire after telling breastfeeding mother to cover up

By Reuters,

Dutch airline KLM recently faced sharp criticism for its “antiquated values” after cabin crew told a breastfeeding woman to cover herself up to sp...

breastfeeding , KLM

New twist in Mombasa Uber driver case over indecent act charge

By Babu Abdalla,

Fredrick Mungai Njenga, the Mombasa Uber driver who was released over a faulty charge sheet, has now been indicted for committing an indecent act. ...

uber driver

Progress toward ending HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding

By Wambui Kihara,

A report issued on the eve of an international AIDS conference in Mexico finds progress in combating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding.  The j...

HIV/AIDS , UNAIDS

Sudan urged to ensure justice for raped women protesters

By VOA,

Sudanese women were a driving force during months of protests that ousted veteran autocrat Omar Al-Bashir, but the sexual violence they endured risks ...

Sudan military , Sudan Protests

Charge against Kevin Spacey dropped after alleged victim pleads the 5th

By CNN,

Massachusetts prosecutors on Wednesday dropped a criminal case against actor Kevin Spacey, a week after a man who accused him of assault pleaded the f...

#MeToo movement , Kevin Spacey

LGBT+ campaigner bids to become Tunisia’s first openly gay president

By Reuters,

A Tunisian politician vying to become his country's first openly gay president has said he will push to decriminalize gay sex and insisted his candida...

Beji Caid Essebsi , Mounir Baatour , tunisia

Kevin Spacey sex assault case could be dismissed

By CNN,

A judge in Massachusetts said the case against actor Kevin Spacey, accused of groping a young man in a bar three years ago, may be dismissed because t...

#Metoo , Kevin Spacey

Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Judges struggle to interpret emojis

By CNN,

Can a knife emoji double as a threat to kill someone? Does a heart emoji from a manager constitute sexual harassment? More emojis are showing up in...

emoji

She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail

By CNN,

How do women get men who are standing in the way of gender equality to listen to them? Grab them by their genitalia. That's the radical suggestion ...

Bobi Wine , LGBTQ , President Yoweri Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

Kevin Spacey questioned by London police about sex assault allegations in the UK

By CNN,

Actor Kevin Spacey, who's due to appear in court Monday in an indecent assault and battery case, has been questioned in the US by officers from London...

Kevin Spacey

 Botswana seeks to overturn court ruling allowing gay sex

By Reuters,

Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...

Botswana , court ruling , gay marriage , homosexuality , same sex

Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)

By CNN,

"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...

pleasure

Terrifying app that makes woman appear naked shows how tech used to demean, shame

By CNN,

On Wednesday afternoon, I clicked on a picture of a woman on a website called Deepnude.com. Suddenly, her outfit disappeared, and naked breasts wer...

Deepnude , sexual harassment , website

1 in 3 married women have no say over healthcare: UN report

By VOA,

Three million women live in places where rape in marriages are not criminalized, a UN Women report says. Additionally, one in five countries have d...

gender equality , UN Women

New drug to boost women’s sex drive approved in U.S

By VOA,

U.S. women will soon have another drug option designed to boost low sex drive: a shot they can give themselves in the thigh or abdomen that raises sex...

FDA , sex drive , Vyleesi

Brazil Supreme Court rules homophobia a crime

By Reuters,

The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that homophobia should be criminalized under existing legislation until Congress creates a specific law ...

Semenya denied participation in Rabat 800 metres race

By Reuters,

Caster Semenya has been denied participation in her favoured 800 metres race in Morocco, the athlete said on Thursday, despite Switzerland’s highest...

Caster Semenya , Court of Arbitration for Sport , IAAF , Morocco