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India's Offside Girls | AJ Close Up | Ep. 11
Every success story has its fair share of detractors.
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Meet the all-female lobster crew making waves in N.S.
The Nellie Row who are believed to be the first all-female lobster crew in Nova Scotia and possibly in Canada, make their way out on “Dumping Day,” the first day of Canada's lucrative lobster fishery.
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Catherine McKenna calls for more action against online trolling | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
Catherine McKenna has been pushing back against online trolls for years. Vilified when she was minister of environment and climate change, she is calling on social media companies to take more responsibility for online attacks.
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Sudan June crackdown: Claims of crimes against humanity
Human Rights Watch finds security forces' attacks against Sudanese protesters could amount to crimes against humanity.
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Dave Stewart on the 'OMG' moment he's seeking for songwriters with his new show Songland
The veteran songwriter, musician and producer shares a story about the kind of powerful awakening he hopes his new talent competition will inspire.
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B.C. public schools to provide free menstrual products for students
All B.C. public schools are now required to provide free menstrual products for students in school bathrooms, the provincial government has announced. Under a ministerial order issued Friday, schools must make the products available by...
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Mother accuses N.B. hospital, nurse of alleged misuse of labour-inducing drug
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched against the Horizon Health Network and nurse Nicole Ruest on behalf of women who were allegedly "inappropriately" given a labour-inducing drug at Moncton Hospital and required emergency...
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#BUILTBYGIRLS Pairs Young Women With Tech Professionals for Mentorship
What would the world look like if women had equal say from day one? That's the question at the heart of a new campaign from #BUILTBYGIRLS" that pairs young women with female trailblazers in tech and business. Nisha Dua, the founder of...
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After '60 Minutes' Controversy, LittleBits CEO Returns Spotlight to Girls in Tech
The female CEO of a company helping girls get excited about STEM education is looking toward a brighter future in the industry ーeven after being cut from a news segment on that very subject in favor of a man. Ayah Bdeir, founder and CEO...
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Is 'strongman' politics chipping away at women's rights? | Raw Politics
A recently published letter has sparked a debate over whether "macho" politics is hindering women's rights. The letter, signed by more than two dozen female leaders, "seeks to underscore that the risk posed by politics that seek to halt...
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K-pop goes bang in Middle East
On Euronews’ ‘Cult’ this week, we look at the rise of the K-pop phenomenon in the Middle East. South Korean all-girl group Momoland are making their first visit to the United Arab Emirates. The 9-member band was formed through a 2016...
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Jane Goodall: To fix the environment, fix poverty | The Bottom Line
Legendary primatologist and environment activist says it’s time ‘to rethink our relationship with the natural world'.
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Ballet and Indigenous dancers come together to honour missing and murdered women and girls
The Red Shawl Campaign and Atlantic Ballet have joined to put on a new adaptation of a ballet that honours missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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Craigslist Founder Is Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has donated over $40 million to journalism outlets such as Mother Jones and ProPublica in pursuit of investigative journalism. "This is my war," he told Cheddar.
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Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark Is Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has donated over $40 million to news outlets such as Mother Jones and ProPublica that support investigative journalism. "This is my war," he told Cheddar.
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Girls shouldn't head soccer balls: study
Researchers looked at nearly a hundred amateur players using a special MRI. They found damaged brain tissue was five times worse in female players.
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'Girl Up' Wants to Empower Everyone
Anna Blue and Corinne Foxx of 'Girl Up' thinks everyone should care about gender issues. The UN Initiative, Blue and Fox told Cheddar, wants to mobilize, train, and empower teens to solve gender bias.
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Girls Make Games and Put Themselves at the Center of the Plot
The gaming industry is known to be skewed towards boys and men. Laila Shabir, CEO and founder of Girls Make Games, is trying to change that through three-week summer camps for young girls. "Being represented in a medium like games...is...
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Outrage after 2 children shot and wounded at Toronto playground
Residents are outraged after two children were shot at a Toronto playground. The gunshots hit two sisters, aged five and nine, who are now in stable condition.
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Children take part in Football for Friendship in Russia
Young football players from 211 countries visited Moscow to take part in the 6th edition of Football for Friendship programme. 12 year old girls and boys were combined into 32 international teams. The competition started ahead of the...
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Tegan and Sara's positive, empowering message to LGBTQ youth
The Tegan and Sara Foundation helps raise awareness and money for non-profit organizations working with LGBT communities, particularly LGBTQ girls and women
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Lizzie Sadin at the Saatchi Gallery
London's Saatchi Gallery is showing the work of French photojournalist Lizzie Sadin. Her exhibition of 36 pictures witnesses the rise of people-trafficking, notably of women, and forced prostitution in the so-called 'entertainment...
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Ex-coach Bertrand Charest's victims recommend ways to keep female athletes safe
CBC News takes a look at how the approaches could work and the challenges to adopting them.
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'The Honor List' is About Women, By Women
Female stories "have to be told by women, otherwise there's going to be a disconnect," says actress Meghan Rienks. The movie, which follows a group of high-school girls who reunite to complete a bucket list, was created by women.