The news that Karen Pence is returning to work at an anti-gay Christian school should remind us of the vice-president’s dangerous bigotry
Karen Pence is not just the wife of the US vice-president, she’s an empowered career woman in her own right. While her husband works tirelessly alongside Trump to make America white again, Karen Pence, it was announced this week, is returning to her old job teaching kids art.
Continue reading...Stronger support urged for young men affected by abuse as researchers find existing measures tailored towards girls
Sexual abuse of boys is “barely addressed” by the laws in many countries, according to a global study that warns of a lack of support for young male survivors.
The study, which examined child rape laws in 40 countries, found that just under half of jurisdictions lacked legal protections for boys. In many cases, laws were specific to girls and did not recognise boys as victims.
Continue reading...Practice of banishing women to small outbuildings during periods claims further victims despite country declaring practice illegal
A woman and her two sons have suffocated to death in a windowless shed to which they were banished in the latest tragedy linked to the illegal practice of chhaupadi, whereby women in Nepal are forced to sleep in “period huts”.
Police said Amba Bohara, 35, had spent four days in the cowshed with her sons Ramit, nine, and Suresh, 12, when her father-in-law discovered their bodies on Wednesday morning.
Continue reading...Deputy Labor leader says Liberals cannot use ‘merit’ argument, considering some of its ‘unimpressive blokes’
The Liberal party cannot fall back on the argument it preselects candidates on merit, given “some of the blokes” it counts among its parliamentary ranks, Tanya Plibersek has said.
Responding to frontbencher Sussan Ley’s push for the Liberal party to work towards a “sensible number” to improve its female representation and break ranks from the majority who remained opposed to quotas, Plibersek said it was beyond time this happened.
Continue reading...Event comes as hundreds and thousands of women form a 380-mile human chain in support of gender equality
Two women have become the first to enter a Hindu temple in India’s southern state of Kerala after the supreme court lifted a centuries-old ban on women.
The temple was later “purified” by priests at the famous Sabarimala temple, which does not permit menstruating women inside. They closed the temple for several hours to conduct ancient rituals to remove the “polluting” female presence.
Continue reading...The year began with the Oxfam scandal and ended with a withering verdict on the food we eat. What do you remember?
Allegations of harassment at aid agencies and charities were frequent in 2018. Which organisation was branded 'a boys' club' by one employee?
UN Women
UNAids
Oxfam GB
ActionAid
Students in Cape Town scored a world first by creating a bio-brick from which substance?
Human saliva
Cow's milk
Horse manure
Human urine
Which singer came out in support of a Brexit-beleaguered Theresa May, suggesting the PM's gender made her a target for unfair criticism?
Lady Gaga
Paloma Faith
Kate Bush
Rae Morris
In a report condemning the 'diabolical state' of our diets, nutritionists found that more than four in 10 children worldwide consume what daily?
Chocolate
Cake
Crisps
Sugary drinks
Researchers at Harvard University believe it may be possible to protect countries in the global south from climate change using what?
A gigantic sunshade in the sky
Blanket distribution of sunscreen
A gigantic heat-absorbing sponge
Tibetan prayer beads
Which of the following food staples is threatened by a virulent fungus that could wipe it out of existence?
Wheat
Potatoes
Bananas
Chocolate chip cookies
Scientists working in Tanzania have developed an innovative method of diagnosing tuberculosis – involving the use of what?
Giant pandas
Giant armadillos
Giant frogs
Giant rats
In a speech on equality at the UN, which actor said she was tired of 'being undervalued, undermined and disrespected, because of my gender'?
Sienna Miller
Nicole Kidman
Gal Gadot
Emma Watson
Ethiopian girl band Yegna made headlines after losing UK aid funding. To which British girl band have they been compared?
Girls Aloud
The Spice Girls
The Saturdays
Sugababes
To which of the following did the Trump administration NOT make aid funding cuts in 2018?
Abortion services
Palestinians
Polio
Pakistan
10 and above.
Take a bow, you're a bonafide newshound!
7 and above.
My, my, now that was impressive – you really didn't miss much in 2018, did you?
4 and above.
A solid effort. Let no one say you ignored the headlines in 2018
0 and above.
Oops. It would seem the world passed you by somewhat in 2018. Was it all that talk of Brexit and Trump?
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