Impact
How a Texas hospital is fighting a condition that kills pregnant women
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-hospital-fighting-condition-kills-pregnant-women-rcna153450
Toronto awarded WNBA’s 1st team outside U.S., to play in ’26
https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40202150/toronto-awarded-wnba-1st-team-us-play-26
Island’s first long-term substance-use recovery program for women expected to open in late fall
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/islands-first-long-term-substance-use-recovery-program-for-women-expected-to-open-in-late-fall-8792114
‘It hurts’: First Nations leader says little change for women’s safety since Pickton murders
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/it-hurts-first-nations-leader-says-little-change-for-women-s-safety-since-pickton-murders-1.6896051
Artificial Intelligence and gender equality
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/explainer/2024/05/artificial-intelligence-and-gender-equality
Young women in Rio favela hope to overcome poverty and violence to play in Women’s World Cup in 2027
https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/young-women-in-rio-favela-hope-to-overcome-poverty-and-violence-to-play-in-womens/article_19479c22-7cb4-52ce-9001-0e754a5982e8.html
Pope Francis voices firm opposition to women deacons in CBS interview
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-francis-voices-firm-opposition-women-deacons-cbs-interview
Woman with liver failure rejected for a transplant after medical review highlights alcohol use
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-liver-failure-rejected-for-a-transplant-after-medical-review-highlights-alcohol-use-1.6891489
Benedictine College nuns denounce Harrison Butker’s speech at their school
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/19/1252357764/harrison-butker-benedictine-college-commencement-nuns-denounce
Advocates want changes to police investigating police gender-based violence accusations
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alternative-investigate-police-gender-based-violence-cases-1.7198983
Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/nigeria-activists-mass-forced-marriage-girls-young-women
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HIV-positive woman calls for IVF change in Ireland
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvy43390nqo
Why Raygun is now the top-ranked women’s breakdancer in the world
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/09/10/raygun-top-ranked-breakdancer-explanation/75164097007/
Hormone therapy for women in menopause can slow aging and benefit health, study shows
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hormone-therapy-menopause-slow-aging/
