Egypt kick striker out of AFCON over sexual harassment claims

By Reuters,

Egypt have removed striker Amr Warda from their Africa Cup of Nations squad for disciplinary reasons, the Egyptian Football Federation (EFA) president...

AFCON2019 , Amr Warda , Egypt , Egyptian Football Federation (EFA)

CAF president Ahmad questioned by French authorities

By Reuters,

Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad was being questioned by French authorities in Paris on Thursday morning, world football’s go...

Ahmad Ahmad , CAF , FIFA

Tinder dating app adds sexual orientation feature to aid LGBTQ matching

By CNN,

Tinder dating app has announced that people will be able to select up to three terms that best describe their sexual orientation within an "orientatio...

dating app , GLAAD , LGBTQ , sexual orientation , Tinder

Men suing women who accused them of sexual misconduct. Will it stop others from speaking out?

By CNN,

A series of high-profile defamation cases have been brought against women in response to the outpouring of sexual misconduct allegations in the wake o...

#Metoo , sexual harassment , Workplace misconduct

McDonald’s faces 25 new sexual harassment lawsuits

By Reuters,

McDonald’s Corp has been accused in 25 new legal actions of condoning sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliating against employees who speak...

#Metoo , McDonald's , Tammy Duckworth

Kenya grapples with fake news as women, politicians take the hit

By Rachel Ombaka,

'Forwarded as received' is one of the most common statements on WhatsApp messages probably intended to quash any doubts in the recipient's mind that i...

fake news , gender forum , Online Harassment , social media , Trolls

‘Cyber flashers’ in Singapore could now get two years in prison

By CNN,

Singapore has criminalized the sending of unsolicited intimate images, or "cyber flashing," as part of a major crackdown on sexual harassment online. ...

UK’s May fires defense secretary over Huawei leak

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese t...

Women still bear greatest brunt of online harassment, World Press Freedom summit told

By Rachel Ombaka,

Female journalists are more visible than ever in the digital era making them easy targets for online harassment, the World Press Freedom Day summit wa...

digital rights , Female Journalists , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

Former Vice President Joe Biden to make third run for the White House

By Reuters,

Former Vice President Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who has made his appeal to the disaffected working-class voters who deserted the party in 2016 a ...

former Vice President Joe Biden , US 2020 general election , White House

Bill Cosby settles defamation lawsuit brought by 7 women

By Reuters,

Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby on Friday settled a federal defamation lawsuit brought by seven women who said the former actor and comedian sexuall...

bill cosby

Trump picks former presidential candidate Herman Cain for Fed board

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal...

Herman Cain , Trump

Trump to pick former presidential candidate Herman Cain for Fed seat: official

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for a seat on the Federal...

Federal Reserve Board , Herman Cain , President Donald Trump

Second woman says ex-VP Biden touched her inappropriately

By Reuters,

A Connecticut woman said Joe Biden touched her inappropriately and rubbed noses with her at a 2009 political fundraiser. She becomes the second per...

Joe Biden

Warner Bros.’ chief Tsujihara steps down following scandal

By VOA,

Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara, one of the highest ranking Hollywood executives to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, stepped down from t...

Charlotte Kirk , Kevin Tsujihara , Warner Bros.

She was fired over the phone while in labor, still fighting to get her job back

By CNN,

Grace Fosu was about to give birth at a maternity ward in Ghana's capital Accra when she says she received a phone call from her employer, the Ghana N...

fired over the phone , Grace Fosu

‘Grab her by the neck’ – Cameroon TV show on how to abuse women sparks fury

By Reuters,

A Cameroon TV show that featured a demonstration of how to physically abuse your wife has sparked outrage and calls for an end to impunity in a countr...

Cameroon TV show

Why portraying women only as wives, mothers enforces stereotypes

By Winnie Musyoki,

The media is a prism through which society sees itself.  It shapes what we think about, what we believe and what we do. So when gender imbalance e...

gender balance , international women's day

US senator: I was raped while serving in the Air Force

By CNN,

Freshman Senator, Martha McSally of Arizona revealed Wednesday that she was raped while she served in the military. McSally, who is a Republican, m...

Freshman Senator Martha McSally , Sexual assault , US Air Force

Senator McSally, an Air Force veteran, says she was raped by a superior officer

By Reuters,

U.S. Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the U.S. Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did n...

Senator MC Sally