August 2025: Women in the News
We are scanning the news and collecting important articles mentioning women and how they influence the world, as well as topics that affect women. Often women are overlooked and we want to celebrate their accomplishments and make them visible.
Interesting Articles
This month the main topics are health, sport and politics related.
The collection highlights both women’s achievements and the systemic challenges they continue to face, offering a balanced view of progress and ongoing inequities. It spans diverse fields — from politics and science to sports and culture — and draws stories from around the world, emphasizing a truly global perspective. A central thread throughout is the effort to make women more visible in areas where they’ve long been underrepresented. Together, the stories reflect the complexity and resilience of women’s experiences today.
Week 4
Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035 Climate Crisis (The Guardian 08/30/25)
UK anti-slavery commissioner launches investigation into ‘pimping websites’ Crime Women (The Guardian 08/30/25)
Julia Roberts: We’re losing the art of conversation Film (BBC 08/29/25)
Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school Education (BBC 08/29/25)
Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over attempt to fire her US Politics (El País 08/28/25)
Women’s football moves mountains in Pakistan Sports (El País 08/24/25)
Women aren’t just ‘cosy gamers’ – I play horror games and 600,000 watch Gaming (BBC 08/24/25)
Week 3
Kaja Kallas: Proposed Ukraine land concessions are Putin’s trap, EU’s top diplomat tells BBC Politics (BBC 08/22/25)
Federal Job Cuts Are Pushing Women Out At Every Career Stage Careers (Forbes 08/21/25)
Alzheimer’s: Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Protect Women From Disease Womens Health (Newsweek 08/20/25)
Suranne Jones: Playing the prime minister ‘changes your perception’ of politics Film (BBC 08/20/25)
Fed governor says she won’t be ‘bullied’ as Trump demands she quit over mortgage claim US Politics (BBC 08/20/25)
Scientists make ‘superfood’ that could save honeybees Women in Science (BBC 08/20/25)
Why has the US Open’s new mixed doubles format been so controversial? US Sports (CNN 08/19/25)
Would an ‘Unsexiest Women Alive’ list be published today? Maybe not – but body-shaming is definitely back UK Women (The Guardian 08/19/25)
Miss Palestine to compete in Miss Universe pageant for first time Beauty Contest (CNN 08/18/25)
A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral Media (The Guardian 08/18/25)
Successful women are quitting their jobs. Why? Career (BBC 08/17/25)
Bindi Irwin says she was made to feel ‘ashamed’ of endometriosis pain Health (BBC 08/17/25)
Week 2
She Bet on Women’s Sports a Decade Ago, Now the Industry’s Catching Up Business Sports (Newsweek 08/15/25)
10-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest female player to defeat grandmaster UK Chess (CNN 08/15/25)
US tennis star Sloane Stephens discusses freezing her eggs US Sports (CNN 08/15/25)
‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth Russia Journalism (The Guardian 08/15/25)
Opinion: Remember when having women in power was supposed to change everything? World Politics (The Guardian 08/15/25)
‘I am tough’ – Emma Raducanu on legacy of US Open win, stalking ordeal and why therapy won’t help her US Sports (The Guaradian 08/15/25)
ChatAndBuild Founder Christel Buchanan Wants to Make You an App Developer Tech (Newsweek 08/13/25)
33 million women grow food on plots in sub-Saharan Africa. Greener farming can boost their earnings Africa Farming (The Conversation 08/12/25)
Women in STEM face challenges and underrepresentation – this course gives them tools to succeed STEM (The Conversattion 08/12/25)
Women in STEM becoming independent: People should feel free to be themselves and do great science Science (Journal of Experimental Medicine 08/12/25)
The odyssey of three women and BO-112, the molecule that tricks cancer Health (El País 08/09/25)
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds UK Tech (The Guardian 08/11/25)
Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ US Music (CNN 08/12/25)
Hear Epstein accuser’s message to Trump on potential Maxwell pardon US Crime (CNN 08/09/25)
NY prosecutor to be questioned over claims she violated Trump’s civil rights US Politics (BBC 08/09/25)
Susana Puig, dermatologist: ‘A tan is the body’s response to skin damage — there’s not much sense in seeking it out Health (El País 08/09/25)
Women call out ‘creepy’ experiences on Vinted as trolls and image thieves target site Germany Tech (The Guardian 08/09/25)
‘I had her right in front of me. And now she’s gone’: how one mother lost her daughter to mental illness US Mental Health (The Guardian 08/09/25)
Week 1
Who is Victoria Mboko, the 18-year-old who defeated Naomi Osaka Canada Sport (CNN 08/08/25)
A brand of one’s own: how Denmark’s women are redrawing fashion’s rules Denmark Fashion (The Guardian 08/08/25)
Game changers: Celebrate historic firsts for women in sports US Sports (USA Today 08/08/25)
Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? Health (The Guardian 08/07/25)
80-year-old ‘SuperAger’ brain operates like that of a 50-year-old. Here’s why US Health (CNN 08/07/25)
Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns World Health (UN 08/07/25)
Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice Africa Health Politics Education (UN 07/08/25)
Another sex toy thrown onto WNBA court US Sport (CNN 08/06/25)
Jen Pawol makes history as MLB’s first female umpire US Sport (USA Today 08/06/25)
Linda Yaccarino, who just left Elon Musk’s X, has a new job US Tech (CNN 08/05/25)
Gates Foundation to spend $2.5 billion on ‘ignored, underfunded’ women’s health US Health (CNN 08/05/25)
Former Pepsi CEO on Juggling Career and Family Career (Newsweek 08/05/25)
‘Something you can move in’: How this designer became the go-to for unconventional brides Denmark Fashion (CNN 08/04/25)
Inside the home of Pauline Karpidas, the art-world ‘grande dame’ who could be the last of her kind Great Britain Art (CNN 08/04/25)
‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan Afghanistan Education (CNN 08/04/25)
Their children can’t eat, speak or walk – so forgotten Zika mothers raise them together Brazil Health (BBC 08/03/25)
ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’ Tech (El País 08/03/25)
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins Tour de France Femmes, becoming first French rider to win event since 1989 Sports (CNN 08/03/25)
UK’s first female archbishop tells of how she hid her sexuality for decades UK Religion (The Guardian 08/03/25)
What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the experts US Marketing (CNN 08/02/25)
Dua Lipa granted Kosovo citizenship People (BBC 08/02/25)
Darwinist feminism: Dismantling the myth of female sexual passivity Nature (El País 08/02/25)
A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected US Health (the Guardian 08/02/25)
Menopause retreat helps new generation of women find relief and cope with stigmas: “We’re suffering silently and that’s not OK” US Health (CBS 08/02/25)
China’s 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi becomes youngest medalist in World Aquatics Championships history China Sports (CNN 08/01/25)
Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of ‘Mankeeping’ Mental Load & Mental Health (New York Times 08/01/25)
Kamala Harris says she doesn’t plan to return to ‘broken’ system of US politics US Politics (The Guardian 08/01/2025)
Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control US Women (The Guardian 08/01/2025)
‘When Black women run, they do win:’ New report shows gains in Black women lawmakers US Politics (USA Today 08/01/2025)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts US Media (CNN 08/01/25)
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