Politics
Quebec Solidaire introduces bill on free contraception for women in province
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-solidaire-introduces-bill-on-free-contraception-for-women-in-province/
‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/06/afghanistan-taliban-sharia-law-mahram-women-flogging-public-moral-crimes-guardians
Germany’s Social Democrats unveil majority-female ministerial team
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/germanys-social-democrats-unveil-majority-female-ministerial-team/
Women political leaders are rare – but 450 years ago, Anna Jagiellon was elected Queen of Poland
https://theconversation.com/women-political-leaders-are-rare-but-450-years-ago-anna-jagiellon-was-elected-queen-of-poland-253033
Dropping misogyny law is sign of wider retreat – Baroness
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0el3j5j021o.amp
Record-breaking number of women to enter Australian parliament
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-05/record-number-women-elected-australian-parliament/105254048
Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a ‘positive first step’
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/alberta/alberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step/article_b315a49a-7c24-56cf-b760-99fae6b29683.html
Trump wants a baby boom. Here’s why a ‘baby bonus’ probably won’t help fertility rates
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7523545
Sexist, racist abuse of women candidates in Singapore GE2025 draws backlash from gender equality NGO
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/sexist-racist-abuse-women-candidates-063955293.html
Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/kamala-harris-speech-trump
How Trump’s America is normalizing violence against women
https://msmagazine.com/2025/04/28/trump-violence-against-women-pete-hegseth-politics/
