- UK women’s rights campaigner, Posie Parker, secured a second billboard, featuring the dictionary definition of the word “woman.” The billboard is in Birmingham, near the location of the Tory Party Conference.
- Jean-Claude Arnault, a prominent member of the Swedish art scene, has been found guilty of rape in a Stokcholm court and sentenced to two years in prison. Eighteen women — including Sweden’s Crown Princess, Victoria — have accused him of sexual assault.
- The subway cars set aside for women in China’s large, urban metro systems are packed with men.
- Starting in 2019, California will penalize publicly traded companies with all-male boards of directors.
- Amal Fathy, an Egyptian actor and activist, has been sentenced by an Egyptian court to two years in prison for posting a Facebook video describing being sexually harassed by a male police officer. The charges included making “public insults,” “possessing indecent material,” and “spreading false news.”