Bans on assault rifles and military-style semi-automatics introduced as well as a buyback scheme Source: Christchurch attacks: New Zealand brings in sweeping gun-law changes | World news | The Guardian
Police are “systematically failing” to protect victims of domestic and sexual violence, according to campaigners in the second super-complaint made to a national watchdog. The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ)… Read more »
Australia’s gun laws need an urgent review because rapid-fire weapons like the one used by the alleged Christchurch shooter are legally available to hunters and sport shooters. Gun Control Australia… Read more »
The maternal mortality rate in African countries was “substantially higher than expected”: 5.43 deaths per 1,000 operations, compared with 0.1 deaths per 1,000 operations in the UK. Source: African mothers… Read more »
HOUSTON — A registered child sex offender has been reading to children at Houston Public Library as part of its Drag Queen Storytime. A group called Mass Resistance, which has… Read more »
Men and women can’t feel each other’s pain. Literally. We have different biological pathways for chronic pain, which means pain-relieving drugs that work for one sex might fail in the… Read more »
AT least three kids were taken into care last year because their mums and dads objected to them changing gender. The cases raise fears that parents are powerless to act… Read more »
Families are dropping out of daycare, women are cutting back on work and children are beginning school before they are ready as a result of high income-earning families losing access… Read more »
Join Dr. Sheila Jeffreys, Dr. Heather Brunskell-Evans, and Maureen O’Hara for an evening in defense of women’s human rights. On March 15, the Women’s Human Rights Campaign is launching The… Read more »
From body armor to health care, the US military has been slow to adapt to women in its ranks. Female service members are paying the price, often with lifelong consequences…. Read more »