November 2025: Women in the News

Good news! The month of October 2025 showed a lot of visibility for women and topics around female accomplishments and success stories. Follow along as we collect articles across multiple media sites. Suggestions via our post on bluesky and threads are always welcome.

‘Spacewoman’: The first female space shuttle commander reflects on her ground-breaking career US Space (CNN Video 11/01/25)

I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me UK Manosphere (The Guardian 11/02/25)
Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that UK Womens Health (The Guardian 11/02/25)
Obiri sets women’s NYC Marathon course record, Kipruto wins men’s race in photo finish US Sports (CNN 11/02/25)
Where the fossil fuel industry tries to teach kids climate US Climate (DW 11/02/25)
The day Iceland’s women made history Iceland Equality (CNN Video 11/02/25)
Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth World Women’s Work (The Conversation 11/02/25)

Expert calculates how much unpaid housework and care is worth Australia Women’s Work (Independent 11/03/25)
Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37% World Peace (The Conversation 11/03/25)

AI ‘godmother’ Fei-Fei Li says she is ‘proud to be different’ Artificial Intelligence (BBC 11/04/25)

Claudia Sheinbaum harassment incident highlights violence against women in Mexico Mexico Women (El Pais 11/05/25)
The sculptural lighting designer handcrafting $90,000 chandeliers US Design (CNN 11/05/25)
Kristen Stewart ‘so angry Hollywood has gone backwards’ for women US Entertainment (BBC 11/05/25)

Margaret Atwood: ‘Older women are only allowed to be two things: wise old women or wicked old witches’ Women (El Pais 11/08/25)
Dr. Ellen Ochoa: ‘With hard work, determination and support, the sky’s not the limit’ Aerospace (El Pais 11/08/25)

In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life Sweden Politics (The Guardiaan 11/10/25)
Rebuilding Ukraine — one university’s bold vision Ukraine Education (Nature 11/10/25)