Ex-pensions ministers told the government it is time to pay up after a watchdog found thousands of women are owed compensation over retirement age changes. A blistering report found women born in the 1950s were not properly told the age they could
According to some Tory insiders Rishi Sunak could be out in two weeks with polls putting the Tories 22 points behind Labour and confidence in his leadership ebbing away. Lobbying campaigns in favour of Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt and Defence
A Border Force officer who secretly filmed women in toilets at ferry ports with the help of his girlfriend has been jailed for more than two years. Neil Adams and Stephanie Whitehead, both 40, made clandestine recordings of women by planting mobile
Arsenal have been warned to expect ‘trouble’ after their women’s side were forced to buy Chelsea socks from the Stamford Bridge club shop in a humiliating kit blunder. The north Londoners faced Chelsea in a top-of-the-table clash in the Women’s Super League
Liz Truss accused Labour MPs of running down the clock to prevent her proposed trans law change from being debated in the Commons today. The former prime minister’s draft legislation, which would ban transgender women from female-only spaces and prevent them from
Women equipped with power tools are working in Colombian emerald mines, challenging the traditional male dominance in the industry. Job scarcity and the hope of striking it rich are driving women to pursue mining despite the grueling conditions. Colombian emeralds are highly
The Danish government is seeking to boost military recruitment by extending conscription to women. In Denmark, only physically fit men over the age of 18 are currently mandated to do military service. Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the new system would
The U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, has urged Israel to cease hostilities in response to findings of sexual violence against hostages taken by Hamas during an attack. Patten said that continued hostilities would only increase the risk of
The horrifying brutality of the Taliban has been exposed yet again in a moving statement issued by activists in Afghanistan on International Women’s Day. Almost three years on from the US pullout, the country’s Islamic fundamentalist rulers remain in full control of
Two women from Ohio are accused of propping up a man’s dead body in their car to withdraw money from his bank account. Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, and Karen Casbohm, 63, have been charged with theft and gross abuse of a corpse