- A 22-year-old woman in India has died after being allegedly gang raped on Tuesday according to officials, the same day a 19-year-old woman died from a separate gang rape incident, sparking nationwide protests.
- A serial killer in Japan who targeted women and girls through Twitter admitted in court to the crimes, while his lawyer claimed that his victims consented to be killed.
- Four women were appointed to cabinet positions in Sudan’s newly-formed government, including the first female chief of justice in the Arab world, and the country’s first female minister of foreign affairs.
- US women who experience heart attacks receive less rigorous care and are more likely to die as a result of their condition, according to a report in the American Heart Association’s journal.
- Nearly one million women in the UK have missed out on breast cancer screening as a result of the pandemic.