Extreme heat has exposed yet more gender inequality at work. In recent months, Bangladesh’s predominantly female garment workers have had no choice but to endure as power cuts left factories without adequate fans and cooling. A survey found that 78 per cent had experienced worsening summer heat, while around half said that temperatures had made them weak or ill. Similar risks are emerging in India where women spend 30 to 50 per cent more of their working time above heat stress thresholds than men, , with fewer opportunities to take breaks or reduce their workload. Experts say stronger labour protections, cooling, water, heat action plans and targeted financial support are urgently needed.
Surveillance technology company Flock Safety is promising action after reports documenting t least 20 instances in which police officers allegedly misused its automated licence plate reader system for personal reasons, including to stalk or harass former partners in cases of gender-based harassment. The system collects licence plate and location data from vehicles passing its cameras, allowing police to track their movements.
Pete Hegeth the US Secretary for War secretary proudly announced a new screening program for “war fighters” 30 and older that would ensure they had the “right testosterone levels Hegseth explained in video posted on X: “By addressing these health markers early, we’re keeping you on the leading edge of lethality.” ”Lethality”, now we know.
Domestic abuse rises by 26% when the England football team play and by 38% when they lose, according to research by Lancaster University. Violence towards women and girls after football matches is a recurring issue. The National Police Chiefs’ Council released data showing that more than 300 domestic abuse offences were reported to police during Euro 2024, where victims believed the perpetrator’s behaviour was linked to football. Statistics covering the period involving the 2026 World Cup will not be available for some time, but rates of misogyny and domestic abuse generally are not changing, the statistics for the 2026 World Cup are likely to show similar numbers of domestic abuse in England.
Dr Summaiya Syed-Tariq, the chief police surgeon in Pakistan’s Sindh provincial health department, who has spent 26 years documenting violence in Karachi’s medico-legal system has stated that “The severity of violence has gone through the roof,” says. many forms of violence experienced by Pakistan’s women, which is often concealed, misreported or never reported at all. “If the woman has been killed in the process, they will say, she fell, she took poison, she burnt herself, or she committed suicide. . In the last case, they often stage the entire event by hanging a flimsy scarf from a ceiling fan.” She is working to set up a femicide observatory, which will be the first organisation in Pakistan – and perhaps South Asia – to monitor the premeditated killing of women.