- An investigative committee advises the Dutch government to reevaluate policies on commercial surrogacy and systematic abuse in the industry, leading officials to suspend all adoptions from other countries.
- Yukon women’s groups slam the RCMP’s decision to shut down a committee reviewing sexual assault cases labelled unfounded or where no one was charged due to privacy concerns.
- Women’s rights activist Marta Lempart is charged with criminal felonies for her role in recent mass protests against a near total abortion ban in Poland. Lempart is a leader of the Polish Women’s Strike, which led demonstrations across the nation.
- A young woman is in critical condition after Burmese police shot at demonstrators protesting the country’s military takeover.