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Meet the Most Powerful Women in the World

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen tops Forbes list

(Newser) - "It is time for women." Those were the words delivered by Claudia Sheinbaum as she was sworn in two months ago as Mexico's first female president. It's also the underlying message behind this year's "most powerful women" list in Forbes , which honors "100...

After 97 Women Killed, Cops Go After the Protesters

More calls for change follow arrests, use of tear gas Tuesday in Kenya

(Newser) - Protesters calling on Kenya's president to declare a national crisis following 97 femicides in three months were met with tear gas and arrests on Tuesday. Fed up with the trauma and tragedy of mutilated and tortured bodies, protesters took to the streets of Nairobi demanding police do more to...

Magicians Society on the Hunt for a One-Time Deceiver

Actor Sophie Lloyd tricked her way into all-male Magic Circle, then vanished when they booted her

(Newser) - The Magic Circle, a century-old magicians society, admits those able to prove their skill in the art. But for most of its history, it considered only men. In the late 1980s, magician Jenny Winstanley sought to challenge her exclusion by tricking the club into admitting its first woman and recruited...

A Record Has Been Set for Women Governors

With election of GOP's Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, 13 women will lead their states

(Newser) - The election of Republican Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's governor means 13 women will serve as a state's chief executive next year, breaking the record of 12 set after the 2022 elections. Governors hold powerful sway in American politics, shaping state policy and often using the experience and...

Now Afghan Women Can't Pray Loudly or Sing

And they should refrain from reciting the Koran in front of other women: government minister

(Newser) - Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Koran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister. It's the latest restriction on women following morality laws that ban them from raising their voice and baring their faces outside the home. They're already excluded...

Gisele Pelicot Testifies: 'This Isn't Being Brave'

French woman took the stand for a second time on Wednesday

(Newser) - After what the New York Times describes as weeks of having "remained silent as one defendant after another spoke before the judges," Gisele Pelicot took the stand once more on Wednesday. The French woman—who has been upheld as a feminist icon for insisting on a public trial...

FBI Cuts Hefty Settlement With 34 Female Recruits

Women who said they were sexually discriminated against get $22M payout

(Newser) - The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity, and the need to take contraception "to...

Trump Pushes New 'Protector' Theme to Women

'You will no longer be thinking about abortion,' he says at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - With polls suggesting a widening gulf between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on female voters, the former president is sounding a new theme to win them back: "I am your protector." The Hill reports that the former president posted a lengthy Truth Social post to that effect over...

Ladies, These Cities Deserve a Look-See

Columbia, Maryland, tops WalletHub's list of the best US cities for women

(Newser) - Ladies looking for the best place to live, work, and play may want to check out WalletHub's latest rankings , which susses out which states are the best for women, in terms of jobs, health, safety, and more. The site looked at more than 180 of the nation's largest...

Landmark Ruling: Sex Is 'Changeable'

Roxanne Tickle, a trans woman in Australia, sued over exclusion from women-only app

(Newser) - A transgender woman has won her case alleging she was discriminated against when she was booted from an app described as a safe space for women only. In the amusingly named Tickle vs. Giggle case, Australia's Federal Court found Roxanne Tickle was a victim of indirect discrimination, "when...

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub
Olympic Boxer Sticks Up
for Rival in Gender Hubbub
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Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub

Italian boxer Angela Carini apologizes to Algerian foe Imane Khelif

(Newser) - Outcry continues to swirl around an Olympic women's boxer who some say shouldn't have been fighting other women. Italy's Angela Carini bowed out of her match on Thursday against Algeria's Imane Khelif after taking a pretty hard hit right in the face from Khelif, renewing questions...

Politician Takes Heat for His Reasoning on Male Suicides

Kim Ki-duck, council member in Seoul, South Korea, partly blames 'female-dominated society'

(Newser) - Men are taking their own lives in increasing numbers in South Korea, which has one of the highest suicide rates among the world's richest nations. One local politician thinks he's got the spike partly figured out—and he's blaming women. In a new report cited by the...

Italian Women Go After the Mob, Get the Godfather Treatment

In nation's Puglia, power structure of Sacra Corona Unita is being challenged by female judges, journos

(Newser) - It was a scene straight out of The Godfather. On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher's knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Maria Francesca Mariano's home in southern Italy, with a note beside it reading, "Like this....

Pope Raises Eyebrows Over Alleged Remark on Women

Days after a reported gay slur, Francis is alleged to have called gossip a 'woman's thing'

(Newser) - Just days after Pope Francis apologized for a gay slur he's said to have used during a private bishops meeting, an allegation of another eyebrow-raising comment. The Guardian reports that the 87-year-old pontiff had another closed-door gathering in Rome on Thursday, this time with a group of young priests,...

Potential Running Mate Carson: End No-Fault Divorce

Ben Carson sees harm to society

(Newser) - Ben Carson, considered to be on the short list for former President Trump's running mate, is the latest Republican to call for an end to no-fault divorce, which has allowed marriages to dissolve without much fanfare for more than 50 years. "For the sake of families, we should...

Women Win 'Urination Equality' Fight in Amsterdam

City will start installing more public toilets in October after years of protests

(Newser) - It's been almost a decade since Geerte Piening, a 21-year-old student living in Amsterdam, got fined for peeing in public after she couldn't find an accessible loo late at night. Now, women there are celebrating after a long fight to set up more public toilets in the Dutch...

Ladies, These States May Be Worth Looking Into

Massachusetts tops WalletHub's list of best states for women; Oklahoma comes in last

(Newser) - What better way to mark Women's History Month than to tag the places in the US where women have the best chances at career opportunities and a better standard of living? WalletHub looked at all 50 states, using more than two dozen metrics in two main categories to create...

For Women in Movies, a 'Catastrophic Step Back'
For Women
in Movies, a
'Catastrophic
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For Women in Movies, a 'Catastrophic Step Back'

Less than a third of top-grossing films of 2023 featured a girl or woman in leading or co-lead role

(Newser) - If you're still torqued that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig got snubbed by the Academy, that's just "the tip of the iceberg," according to a new report by USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. The research led by Dr. Stacy L. Smith looked at the 100 top-grossing...

Older Women Are the New Face of Wanderlust

The adventure travel industry is getting a boost from mature female tourists

(Newser) - Adventure travel's allure lies in its promise of helping you break out of your comfort zone as you explore new places and meet new people. For women especially, that sector of the travel industry has exploded: Citing stats from the Adventure Travel Trade Association , the Washington Post reports that...

Men Outnumber Women, but Only on One Coast

There are more guys in large urban counties in the West, but it's vice versa in the East

(Newser) - Anyone who suspects there are more women than men where they live, or vice versa, will find fodder for their suspicions in new data from the US Census Bureau. Whether it refutes or confirms their suspicions likely depends on where they live.
  • Women outnumber men in the largest urban counties
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