Violence against women and girls
Yvette Cooper vows to crack down on promotion of ‘hateful beliefs’ Home secretary orders review to identify gaps in system to tackle extremist ideologies including extreme misogyny
Yes, bystanders can save women from sexual assault. But I know first-hand that’s not always enough Alexandra Heminsley
Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder
Yvette Cooper says today’s teenagers have it ‘much, much harder’
The Guardian view on femicide: why we count the women who die
Indian medics step up strike in protest at doctor’s rape and murder
Australia news live
Sydney teacher charged with further alleged sexual offences – as it happened
Thousands of Indian women protest after junior doctor’s rape and murder – video
Killed women count
Killed women count: 50 women allegedly killed by men in UK so far in 2024
Landmark report on murdered Indigenous women condemned as ‘weak’ and ‘toothless’
Rights and freedom
Hundreds of cases of femicide recorded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover are ‘tip of the iceberg’
Share your experience of taking the train in the UK as a woman We want to hear how women are affected by the rise in sexual offences and harassment on British railways
Violence against women on UK trains rises by 50% in two years Number of sexual offences rises 10% and reports of sexual harassment double to 1,908, figures show
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: The grim toll of a ‘national emergency’ in attacks on women In today’s newsletter: The number of cases in which a man has been charged for killing a woman has reached 50 in the UK this year. Alexandra Topping explains why the Guardian is focusing on their stories
The Guardian view on the online far right: thugs have brought devastation
The Observer view on the riots after the Southport killings: extremists have launched an assault on the rule of law
Met failures leading to murder of Zara Aleena could happen again, coroner warns Report by east London coroner says understaffing in probation service also remains a problem
Face of British army recruitment drive wins payout for racist and sexist abuse Kerry-Ann Knight hoped to pave way for Black women but was instead subjected to 12 years of abuse
UN calls for foreign security forces to be deployed faster to quash Haiti gang wars Armed gangs control much of Caribbean country’s capital with reports of 40 rape victims a day in areas, UN reports
Police break up largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history Hundreds involved in Chuangyi Sifang, an online platform that shared child sexual abuse images, have been arrested
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