- Forty women victimized by the sex trafficking organization Girls Do Porn filed a lawsuit against Mindgeek, the parent company of Pornhub, for knowingly profiting from the circulation of videos depicting their abuse. The lawsuit seeks more than $40 million in damages.
- Gender stereotypes are fueling a mental health crisis among UK youth, including contributing to depression and eating disorders, according to a report by the Fawcett Society.
- Marriages of underage girls are on the rise across Africa and Asia as families struggling financially sell daughters for a dowry or in exchange for livestock.
- Two out of five women in South Asia experience domestic abuse, a situation worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the World Bank.
- Anger erupted in South Korea as a man convicted of brutally raping an eight-year-old girl in 2008 was released from prison. Cho Doo-soon was given a lighter sentence for having been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the attack.