The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reportedly moving closer to introducing a blanket ban on transgender women competing in female categories across all sports.

IOC President Kirsty Coventry, elected as the first female president, set up a working group on women’s sport protection. Initial scientific findings suggest athletes born male may retain physiological advantages even after testosterone reduction.

While no official decisions have been taken, the ban could be implemented before the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, though it’s unlikely to affect February 2026 Winter Games. The IOC continues discussions on sex eligibility and DSD athletes, aiming to reach a global consensus.

IOC Moves Towards Blanket Ban On Trans Women In Female Categories

The moon is finally out in Delhi-NCR. Women across the regions are breaking their day-long Nirjala fast.

Karwa Chauth 2025: UP Women Light Up Holy Diyas

Karnataka government has approved a Menstrual Leave Policy, 2025, giving women one paid leave per month. The policy provides twelve days annually and applies to government and private sector employees across the state.

Karnataka To Give Women 12 Menstrual Leaves

The United Nations has launched a formal investigation into the Taliban’s escalating human rights abuses, particularly targeting Afghan women. With girls banned from education and job opportunities shrinking, many turned to online learning as their only remaining option. But now, the Taliban has imposed a nationwide internet blackout, leaving countless women cut off from the world. For many, this was their last hope. Watch how lives have been upended by this digital crackdown.

UN Launches Probe Into Taliban 'Abuses': Women's Rights Being Crushed

The FDA has approved Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection that shows over 99.9% effectiveness in preventing HIV. This groundbreaking treatment could revolutionize HIV prevention.


Groundbreaking HIV-Prevention Drug To Get Cheaper 

Police in Pakistan report discovering the bodies of three transgender individuals on a roadside in Karachi, marking another act of violence against the community.

According to authorities, the victims were shot dead by unidentified attackers, and their bodies were found shortly after midnight on Sunday in the Memon Goth area of the city.


Trans Women In Pakistan Become Frequent Targets Of Online Hate Campaigns

Women in India are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer.

But men are more likely to die from it.

It's a paradox that’s raising tough questions for India's healthcare system and is being seen in the latest cancer registry data.

 Women Get Cancer More, Men Die More

The United States has donated $32.5 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to help deliver urgent food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable communities in Nigeria.
The aid focuses on internally displaced persons in the North-East and North-West, where conflict has caused widespread hunger.

US gives $32.5m to WFP for food aid in Nigeria | Support for women & children in crisis zones

On Gravitas Plus this week. .

We turn our attention to a grim and disturbing trend. .

The rise in dowry-related violence and deaths across India. .

Despite decades of legal prohibition, the age-old practice of dowry continues. .
Claiming the lives of young women.

Many just months or years into marriage

Behind closed doors: The scourge of dowry

The University of Cambridge has released a report warning that menstrual cycle data can be misused by advertisers and the government to control the lives of women.  

Period tracking apps are major red flags, report warns

The inequality between male- and female-dominated jobs is highest in high-income countries, where 41 per cent of all high-income jobs for women could be affected by AI, compared to 28 per cent for men. 

Women are at higher risk of losing their jobs to AI than men: Report

Visionary Leaders Making Dreams a Scalable Reality
India is witnessing a new era of entrepreneurship, led by a diverse group of founders who are redefining what it means to build with purpose and scale.

7 female founders leading India’s future with impact

Australia's conservative Liberal Party elected Sussan Ley, a former outback pilot with three finance degrees, as its first woman leader on Tuesday, after an election loss 

Who is Sussan Ley? Australia's Opposition Party's first woman leader

This story begins with a murder in India's national capital, a teenage boy stabbed in broad daylight, and at the center of it is a young woman known to the locals as Lady Don. In Delhi's Seelampur, a nondistrict neighborhood in the northeastern part of India's national capital, crime does not wear a mask, it sometimes smiles with kohl lined eyes. Watch in for more details!

The women mafia bosses who run Delhi's underworld circuit

Hegseth claimed that the program is another "divisive, social justice Biden initiative that distracts troops from our core tasks, that is war fighting. WORLD

'GOOD RIDDANCE': Pete Hegseth 'proudly' ENDS women leadership program in US, claims it distracts troops from 'war fighting'

Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot called TRF has claimed responsibility for the incident. The terrorists targeted a group of people, including women and elderly. India news

'Please save my husband': Horrified woman pleads for help after her husband shot in J&K terror attack | Video

Trending | Science & Technology: Men are more susceptible to the toxic effects, but women are also possibly impacted by things like ovarian dysfunction, reduced oocyte maturation, and a lower capacity for fertilisation.

‘Very alarming,’ say researchers on detecting microplastics in human ovary follicular fluid

Life Fun: Explore the essential role of Vitamin Bin women's health, focusing on its benefits for the nervous and immune systems, hormone balance, energy, and mood support.

How Much Vitamin B6 Per Day for a Woman?

The court noted that trans individuals would not be disadvantaged by the significant decision that could impact sex-based rights across Scotland, England and Wales. World

UK’s Supreme Court says trans women are not legally women in landmark ruling

Sports, Olympics: Following years of constant rise in their participation numbers, the number of women participants across all disciplines will be more than men in LA.

More women than men in LA28 Olympics; veteran boxer Mary Kom welcomes ‘momentous decision’

India’s financial landscape is experiencing a quiet revolution as women take charge of their investments, with several states showing a faster pace of demat account growth among women than men. The past three years have seen a wave of new investors, with women becoming a key driver of this change.

Indian women close the gender gap in finance

Business & Economy: Women now make up 64 per cent of global travelers, with 82 per cent calling the shots when it comes to family vacations.

Women are reshaping travel, one journey at a time

FIFA has cleared the way for Afghanistan’s women’s football team to represent their country, offering long-awaited support. However, the ICC remains silent on recognizing Afghan women cricketers, who fled after the Taliban banned them from playing. The fight for recognition and equality in Afghan sports continues.

Afghanistan: FIFA supports Afghan women’s team, but ICC remains silent

Discover the powerful story of Afghanistan’s women athletes, fighting for recognition in both football and cricket. Benafsha Hashimi and Firooza Amiri, once contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, open up about their painful journey after the Taliban disbanded the team, forcing them to flee for their lives. As the cricket team battles for ICC recognition and the football team continues its fight for global acknowledgment, WION's Nikhil Mathur brings you their story.

Afghan women's fight for equality in cricket & football | Shattered dreams, unbroken spirit

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