Female Nintendo employee who coincidentally had been subjected to Gamergate wrath, was fired. Kotaku reports: “The Japanese gaming giant has faced increased scrutiny late last year when a number of recent Nintendo…
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Report by AIDS-Free World confirms that U.N. and French troops sexually abused at least 98 girls from the Central African Republic, forcing several to have sex with a dog. P.E.I Government moves…
Donald Trump suggests there “has to be some form of punishment” for women who seek abortion if it were banned in the U.S. (as he believes it should be). Canadaland discovers that…
In New Zealand, Wicked Campers is feeling the heat for their extreme displays of sexism. NYMag asked last week, “Is prostitution a job like any other?” “As usual, the article begins with…
United Airlines pilot, Bruce Wayne Wallis, has been arrested for running massive prostitution ring in Houston, Texas. He used the Internet to advertise his brothels and charged women $400 a week to…
Gloria Steinem turns 82 today! Happy birthday, sister. Kyle Zerr, a 29-year-old Saskatoon man is charged with beating his mother to death. An unexpected new celebrity man claims the title of “Feminist”…
Judge acquits former CBC Radio host, Jian Ghomeshi, on all charges of sexual assault and choking. Protesters rally outside the courthouse in outrage over Ghomeshi acquittal. Women express widespread anguish online. Prime…
Lena Dunham says she’s received “more hostility” for backing Clinton over Sanders then she ever has received from the American right wing. Serena Williams responds to Raymond Moore’s comments, saying that women…
Glosswitch asks: “Is it up to Jamie Oliver to say how women should breastfeed?” Jeremy Corbyn says that the UK should decriminalize prostitution, but what do women on the front line think?…
New study shows that, as women take over a male-dominated field, pay drops: “A striking example is to be found in the field of recreation — working in parks or leading camps…
Police arrest 10 johns in Winnipeg through counter-exploitation unit task force. Legislation banning the purchase of sex has been in place for nearly a year and a half now. Eight vehicles were…
Leilani Muir, the first woman to successfully sue the Alberta government for forced sterilization under the Eugenics Act, dies at 72. The War At Home: documentary looks at Canada’s failure to help…
Caitlyn Jenner says that Trump would be “very good for women’s issues,” and that Hillary Clinton is a “fucking liar.” Facebook hands Celeste Liddle a third ban for posting an image of…
Who made Donald Trump the man he is today? His grandfather, in part, who amassed the first Trump fortune on the backs of prostituted women. UN Women launches The Global Gender Equality…
The newly launched Women’s Media Center Speech Project argues that online anonymity is critical for women and how Facebook’s “real name policy” harms women who have been the targets of abuse. “People…