Impact
For Kenya’s women runners, the road to greatness can be deadly
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a61499180/kenyan-women-runners-track-and-field-interview-2024-olympics/
In Togo, these school uniforms are at the center of a movement offering girls and women a chance to build better lives
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/world/school-uniforms-africa-education-cnnheroes/index.html
‘Help! I’m overwhelmed!’ Hundreds of girls say they face sexual harassment online. This is what they want to change
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/07/business/online-sexual-harassment-girls-survey-as-equals-intl-cmd/
We already have an Olympic scandal: Canada women’s soccer members sent home for spying on opponents with drone
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/we-already-have-an-olympic-scandal-canada-womens-soccer-members-sent-home-for-spying-on-opponents-with-drone/
Are we invisible? How media, culture and businesses represent older women
https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/bizwomen/news/mentoring-matters/2024/07/are-we-invisible-how-ai-and-the-media-represent-o.html
The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’: What is it and how can women make the most of it?
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/women-inheritance-great-wealth-transfer/
Women don’t have equal access to college in prison. Here’s why
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/15/nx-s1-5026589/college-prison-women-pell-grant
In Sudan, women forced to line up for sex with soldiers for food: Report
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-sudan-women-forced-to-line-up-for-sex-with-soldiers-for-food-report-6159929
Beloved priest Abbe Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beloved-priest-abbe-pierre-conscience-154927698.html
Haitian women and girls face ‘alarming’ violence in displacement camps: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/7/17/haitian-women-and-girls-face-alarming-violence-in-displacement-camps-un
Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why
https://theconversation.com/gender-apartheid-oppression-of-women-should-be-made-a-crime-against-humanity-feminist-academic-explains-why-234410
Women with endometriosis face fourfold higher risk of ovarian cancer, study suggests
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/17/health/endometriosis-ovarian-cancer-higher-risk-study-wellness
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Men may not be more attracted to scent of fertile women, study says
https://amp.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/24/men-may-not-be-more-attracted-to-scent-of-fertile-women-study-says
A decade after ‘strong not skinny’, we have gone full circle with diet culture
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a61534186/strong-not-skinny-diet-culture/?utm_source=fridaythings.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=this-is-not-a-newsletter-about-the-giller-prize
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