Impact

Sport
Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/ruth-chepngetich-marathon-world-record-chicago-result-b2628496.html
Health
Hysterectomy is more common, and occurs at younger ages, for women with less education
https://theconversation.com/hysterectomy-is-more-common-and-occurs-at-younger-ages-for-women-with-less-education-237937
Gender equality
12th grade girls and boys in the U.S. have different views about gender discrimination in the workplace
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/08/12th-grade-girls-and-boys-in-the-us-have-different-views-about-gender-discrimination-in-the-workplace/
Women Leaders
More Black and Latina women are leading unions – and transforming how they work
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/more-black-latina-women-leading-122231515.html?guccounter=1
Career
Women in Submarine Service suffered misogyny and bullying, Royal Navy finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wk7ljzg2do
Sport
‘It means the world’: Canadian swimming star McIntosh honoured to be included in TIME100 Next list
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/summer-mcintosh-time-100-next-list-1.7346818

Life

Health
New research shows men and women need different breakfasts for weight loss
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-shows-men-and-women-need-different-breakfasts-for-weight-loss/
Women Leaders
Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert Kennedy and matriarch of celebrated political family, dies at 96
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ethel-kennedy-widow-robert-kennedy-matriarch-celebrated-political/story?id=15964528
Society
‘Be more vulnerable!’ What women can teach men about friendship – and what they can learn from men
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/11/what-women-can-teach-men-about-friendship-and-what-they-can-learn-from-men
Beauty
59 seconds of beauty: 3 things to know about Retinol
https://www.ellecanada.com/beauty/skincare/59-seconds-of-beauty-3-things-to-know-about-retinol-skincare-routine
Health
Why it’s time to uncouple obstetrics and gynecology
https://time.com/7031874/uncoupling-obstetrics-gynecology-essay/
Society
N.S. woman opens up about her decision to die and having a ‘living funeral’
https://globalnews.ca/news/10802641/medically-assisted-death-nova-scotia-maid/
Society
Are taxis safer with no driver? These women think so
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/are-taxis-safer-no-driver-women-think-rcna173936
Society
We Heart: This social campaign is taking ‘Man or Bear’ to the next level
https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/04/man-or-bear-violence-women-social-media-weapons-rape/
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Thoughts

Politics

Parenting
As Canada’s fertility rate tanks, is it time to reform parental leave?
https://globalnews.ca/news/10807747/canada-parental-benefits-fertility-rate/
Health
N.B. election: Liberals promise full coverage for one round of in vitro fertilization
https://globalnews.ca/news/10807672/nb-election-2024-in-vitro-fertilization/
Gender equality
The unexpected gender dynamic shaping the 2024 election
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/politics/trump-women-protector-gender-divide-analysis/index.html
Health
How ‘snowflake babies’ could change IVF politics
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/06/adopting-discarded-embryos-ivf-crisis-00169174
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Culture

Celebrity
They raised the world’s biggest superstars. Now they’re telling their own stories
https://www.glamour.com/story/tina-knowles-maggie-baird-mandy-teefey-donna-kelce-women-of-the-year-2024
Women Leaders
South Korea’s Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nobel-prize-literature-2024-1.7348300
Celebrity
Jennifer Lopez tells Nikki Glaser how a turbulent summer changed her
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jennifer-lopez-tells-nikki-glaser-how-a-turbulent-summer-changed-her
Gender equality
From Taylor Swift songs to the ‘tradwives’ trend: Women’s frustration with the status quo ripples through pop culture
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/04/taylor-swift-and-tradwives-gender-inequality-flagged-in-pop-culture.html
Celebrity
Tia and Reese’s lessons in divorce
https://www.laineygossip.com/tia-mowry-reese-witherspoons-lessons-in-divorce-dont-necessarily-apply-to-everyday-divorced-women/80011
Society
‘We are all Gisèle’: French women rise up against ‘rape culture’ during Gisèle Pelicot trial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/10/05/gisele-pelicot-husband-rape-case-france-protests/75392445007/

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