- The government of South Korea denied US requests for the extradition of a man responsible for one of the world’s largest child pornography websites. Son Jong-Woo served 18 months in prison and has been released. In response, women’s rights campaigners in South Korea are petitioning the government.
- Women in Paris staged two protests over President Macron’s newly-appointed government ministers. Interior minister Gerald Darmanin is under investigation for a rape allegation and justice minister Eric Dupond-Moretti defended a top official accused of rape.
- A UK government inquiry into recent health scandals involving women concluded that dismissive cultural attitudes towards women resulted in serious medical complications that were avoidable.
- A study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found the majority of respondents held implicit bias associating men with characteristics of higher intelligence more often than women.