Make Women Visible: January 2026
We want to highlight women in the news, because we think we need more news reports with our voices. Follow along as we collect articles across different news sites reporting about women. This is a working document -> Send us your January 2026 finds via Bluesky or Threads.
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Women in the News 2026
Nathalie Cabrol, astrobiologist: ‘It’s an achievement of science to admit we don’t know what life is’ South America Science (El Pais 01/01/26)
Women get drunk faster than men due to biology not tolerance World Science (DW 01/01/26)
A Finnish ironwoman’s guide to Finland’s best outdoor icy plunges Finnland Womens Health (BBC 01/03/26)
Meg O’Neill, the woman who made history in the petroleum industry Business (El Pais 01/03/26)
Have sex toys taught women how to masturbate — or are they just doing the work for them? Womens Health (El Pais 01/03/26)
Nora Sandigo, ‘the great mother’ who offers refuge to migrant families in the United States US Social (El Pais 01/03/26)
Grok under fire for sexualizing women and children’s images North America Technology (DW 01/03/26)
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss dies at 96 Europe History (DW 01/04/26)
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The feminist AI movement growing in Latin America Artificial Intelligence (El Pais 01/05/26)
Dead tired: The things that ruin women’s sleep Womens Health (El Pais 01/05/26)
Venezuela’s interim president: Who is Delcy Rodriguez? Venezuela Politics (DW 01/05/26)
Luisa Neubauer, climate change activist: ‘Ecology shouldn’t be a punitive force, but a joyful and liberating one’ Climate change (El Pais 01/06/26)
This $400 Million Morgan Stanley Team Likens Its Investing Approach To Making Chili US Investing (Forbes 01/07/26)
What if you got your period every three months? Hongmei Wang, the biologist investigating how to extend fertility China Womens Health (El Pais 01/07/26)
‘Women think about the gift they are giving. Men don’t’: Is there a gender gap in the art of gift-giving? World Social (El Pais 01/07/26)
This CEO’s $1.7 Billion Health Startup Began With Moms. Now She Wants To Expand To All Women. Womens Health & Business (Forbes 01/08/26)
Italy’s new nun-mapped pilgrim trail Italy Tourism (BBC 01/09/26)
Alissumoye Diedhiou, a Senegalese queen 2.0: ‘I recognize that I was a victim of early and, in a way, forced marriage’ Africa Human Rights (El Pais 01/11/26)
This teen was targeted by deepfake nudes. She hopes new training course will help future victims US Tech (CNN 01/12/26)
Autism advocates celebrate release of ‘magical’ first-ever Barbie on the spectrum Tech & Society (CNN 01/12/26)
‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie UK Journalism & Publishing (BBC 01/12/26)
Menopause: When hormones harm the economy Germany Business & Womens Health (DW 01/12/26)
Turkey: Crochet beachwear fashion earning women more freedom Turkey Economy (DW 01/12/26)
‘It’s not the 90s any more’: the all-women team reinventing abortion advice for the TikTok age Colombia Womens Health (The Guardian 01/13/26)
Sydney Sweeney faces possible legal issues for hanging bras from the Hollywood sign Entertainment US (EL Pais 01/27/26)
Rihanna: The star who made a hiatus her greatest strength Entertainment US (El Pais 01/28/26)
You might also like other articles from our series and help make women visible:
Women in the news – February 2026
Women in the news – December 2025
Women in the news – November 2025
Women in the News – October 2025
Women in the news – September 2025
