It has been five years since Jawhara al-Wabili became one of Saudi Arabia’s first women drivers — a reform she saw as revolutionary, even as some activists dismissed it as window-dressing. “I drove as soon as it was authorised,” the 55-year-old from the central city of Buraidah proudly told AFP, recalling a milestone that drew…
A 69-year-old woman in South Carolina was killed by an alligator while out on a walk with her dogs in the Spanish Wells neighborhood of Hilton Head Island. Sheriff’s office deputies, Fire Rescue, Beaufort County Coroner’s Office and Spanish Wells security personnel responded to a report of an alligator attack on Brams Point Road in…
Demand for contraceptives surged in the United States after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and a new executive order issued by President Joe Biden last week outlined the administration’s plan to protect and strengthen access to family planning. “Contraception is an essential component of reproductive health care that has only become more important in the wake…
Take any major historical Western art movement from the 16th century through today and you can bet women played an important role. Until the last handful of years, you can also bet that male scholars writing the histories of those movements minimized their impact or omitted them all together. Only within the past decade have…
Republicans have a problem brewing with women. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll finds that independent women are increasingly at odds with the GOP on cultural issues such as banning abortion and opposing LGBTQ rights. That creates a risky situation for the Republican Party among one of the nation’s most crucial groups of swing voters. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,…
Sky News has learnt that Elliott, which owns the books retailers Foyle’s and Waterstones, is one of the parties that has expressed an interest in buying Reiss from Next and Warburg Pincus, its current shareholders. It was unclear on Wednesday whether Elliott would table a formal bid for the clothing retailer, which was founded in…
