Record-breaking wicketkeeper-batter to quit the game after the ODI and Test series against India in March. Alyssa Healy, a mainstay of Australia’s dominant women’s cricket team for 15 years and its current captain, has announced that she will retire from the game after the upcoming multi-format series against India. “It’s with mixed emotions that the […]
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The Me Too movement in the age of Trump and Epstein | Women’s Rights
Tarana Burke tells Marc Lamont Hill on Epstein, Trump and how widespread sexual violence is in the United States. In 2017, a reckoning over sexual violence called “#MeToo” swept the globe. Eight years later, has the movement done enough for survivors? And what will it take for some of the world’s most powerful men accused […]
Afghan’s Olympic hope for Taliban dialogue to prompt women’s rights U-turn | Olympics News
Afghanistan’s International Olympic Committee member Samira Asghari says the Taliban authorities must face the stark truth that if they are ever to be accepted internationally, they must respect the rights of women to education and sport. Asghari, who at 31 is living in exile for the second time, does, however, favour engaging with Afghanistan’s rulers. […]
The National Women’s Soccer League championship is Saturday. The fans are ready : NPR
The Washington Spirit and Gotham FC face off in the National Women’s Soccer League finals on Saturday in San Jose. Left: Marge Liguori and Nat Lazo cheer on Gotham FC. Right: The crowd cheers at the Washington Spirit’s semifinal match last weekend. Luke Chávez/Hannah Foslien/Getty hide caption toggle caption Luke Chávez/Hannah Foslien/Getty As the National […]