RT @CommissionerDA: Today - November 1st - marks a historic day in my office @CommissionerDA It's the day that I formally get my powers which means that public authorities have a duty to a) cooperate with us and b) respond to our recommendations ...
'After receiving the report, which investigated whether the bank and Mr Staley had played down his relationship with Epstein, the chief executive quit the bank and said that the conclusions would be contested.' https://t.co/AViTY2...
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Taliban in provinces using ‘harsher rules’ against women
'... five stages ... educating the person and graduating to guidance, then prohibiting the vice in ‘an aggressive, angry and scary manner,’ prohibiting the action ‘physically,’ and finally reporting it to the district manager for action.' ...
David Fuller: Double murder accused abused corpses, court told
'During Mr Fuller's arrest for the two killings, police searched his home and found "a number of hard drives and hard copy images, carefully concealed and stored at his home" which catalogued the abuse carried out at the mortuaries.' ...
Rachel Wilson killing: Keith Hall jailed for 2002 attack
'She said a lock of Ms Wilson's hair was found in his wallet along with a note written by her apologising for "not making enough money" which was effectively her "last written words".' https://t.co/Vgok8v...
Thousands of adverse birth outcomes in England down to ‘alarming’ inequality
'... 24% of stillbirths, 19% of preterm births, and 31% of FGR cases were attributed to socioeconomic inequality and would not have occurred if all women had the same risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes as women in the least-deprived group.' ...
‘Repressive’: Polish protesters blame woman’s death on new abortion law
'Polish protesters paid tribute on Tuesday AEDT to a woman who died in the 22nd week of pregnancy, with reproductive rights activists saying she is the first person to die as a result of a restriction of Poland’s abortion law.' https://t.co/9sIsnW...
Handball Federation ends bikini requirement for women after players protest dress code
'The International Handball Federation will no longer require women to compete in bikini bottoms, the organization announced Monday.' https://t.co/76KDDb...
The Power of Women Strike for Peace | Arms Control Association
'The WSP played a significant role in advocating for nuclear disarmament and in pushing forward the second wave of feminism. Sadly, this story is not told often among peace activists, feminists, or anyone else' https://t.co/xc8KRz...
‘Our lives matter, too.’ States Address Violence Against Indigenous Women
'"Indigenous women, they're subjected to a version of justice that is completely different from everybody else,"' #MMIWG https://t.co/TYqWCD...
US Supreme Court hears arguments in controversial Texas abortion case
'back-and-forth between lawyers and justices during these hearings is closely watched for indications of how the court, with a 6-to-3 conservative majority may rule. ...there may be enough votes to allow the lawsuit from abortion providers to go ...
Suicides among Japan's working women surged in 2020
'A government white paper said that 1,698 working women committed suicide in 2020, compared with an annual average of 1,323 between 2015 and 2019.' https://t.co/6pHnFL...
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
'What does Shorbanu most want from anyone who might read her story, especially the leaders deciding the outcome of the talks in Glasgow? ...she wants action: "We have suffered a lot - we do not want our children and grandchildren to suffer more." ...
'“Can we be surprised that after years of being told that they are the problem, that their manhood is the problem, more and more men are withdrawing into the enclave of idleness and pornography and video games?” Hawley said.' He really said that! ...