Make Women Visible: December 2025

We celebrate women being visible in the news, because we think we need more of them. Follow along as we collect articles across different news sites reporting about about women. Starting this working document for December -> Send us your links via Bluesky or Threads.
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Donald Trump Insults Female Reporter Over MRI Question US Journalism (Newsweek 12/01/25)
Scarlett Johansson says she was pressed to remove Holocaust narrative from directing debut US Entertainment (The Guardian 12/01/25)
Why more young US women appear ready to move abroad US Women (BBC 12/01/25)

‘Hung by my wrists and beaten’: Israeli-Russian woman says Iraqi militants tortured her in captivity Iraq (BBC 12/02/25)
Australia won’t be intimidated by firms over social media ban, minister tells BBC Australia Social Media (BBC 12/02/25)

Her murder went unsolved for decades. DNA from paper bags now points to one of Colorado’s ‘most prolific serial killers’ US Crime (CNN 12/03/25)
Hate and threats forcing women out of politics and top jobs Europe Equality (DW 12/03/25)

Rebeca Grynspan: ‘The UN must sit at the most important negotiating tables in the world’ World Help (El Pais 12/04/25)
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving US Politics (The Guardian 12/04/25)
Federica Mogherini resigns from College of Europe amid corruption inquiry Europe Corruption (The Guardian 12/04/25)
Dawn Sturgess’s family say lessons have not been learned from her novichok poisoning UK/Russia Crime (The Guardian 12/04/25)
‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn Artificial Intelligence (The Guardian 12/04/25)
People worldwide don’t know enough about menopause. Here’s why that’s dangerous World Female Health (CNN 12/04/25)

Women push for political power and equality in new Syria Equality (DW 12/05/25)

Eileen Higgins: ‘Government officials are talking about our residents as if they are less than human. They are not criminals. They’re part of this community’ US Politics (El Pais 12/08/25)
‘She was standing in the way of certain individuals’: The mysterious murder of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey Science (BBC 12/09/25)

Belle da Costa, the woman who concealed her origins in 1905 and ended up running New York’s most legendary library US Careers (El Pais 12/09/25)
María Corina Machado’s hidden year: From clandestinity to the Nobel Prize Venezuela Nobel Prize (El Pais 12/09/25)
Zimbabwe’s only female heart surgeon on medicine, misogyny and making a difference Africa Medical Career (The Guardian 12/09/25)
3M is presenting the Finalists from the Young Science Lab US Science (3M Website 12/25)

The struggle of the most Afro-Latino city in the United States to accept itself US Cities (El Pais 12/11/25)

“Women deserve a life where decisions are made out of desire, not desperation.”
— Tori Dunlap on self-determination

A backstreet abortion nearly killed her. It became a story that shaped the rest of her life France Womens Health (BBC 12/12/25)

Emily Goligoski, researcher: ‘I have a policy for the use of devices in class. How can I compete against dopamine while teaching some theory?’ Online Consumption (El Pais 12/14/25)
Tori Dunlap: ‘Talking about money is one of the most subversive things you can do’ Female Finances (El Pais 12/14/25)

“Financial independence is not about being wealthy overnight… It is about building options, safety, and autonomy.”
Tori Dunlap on wealth as freedom

Shoshana Zuboff, philosopher: ‘AI is surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand’ Artificial Intelligence (El Pais 12/15/25)
Outrage over femicides in Brazil spills into public debate and onto the streets Brazil Femicides (El Pais 12/15/25)

‘An unhealthy and creepy obsession’: Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks US Politics (The Guardian 12/16/25)
‘You put the top on and your life is sucked out of you’: The fight to change women’s sports uniforms UK Sports (CNN 12/16/25)
How AI For Women’s Health Is Being Built Differently Artificial Intelligence (Forbes 12/16/25)

Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Epstein accuser’s memoir sells 1m copies in two months Australia Books (The Guardian 12/17/25)
TikTok seller uses grant to open first shop UK Entrepreneur (BBC 12/17/25)

Six guidelines for keeping your brain young (and aging better) Mental Health (El Pais 12/18/25)
Bayern Munich buy ex-Bundesliga stadium for women’s team Germany Sports (DW 12/18/25)
Women Soccer Euro 2029 in Germany about more than profit margins Germany Sports (DW 12/18/25)
Women’s health suffers, bearing the brunt of household labor Europe Equality (DW 12/18/25)
Meet The World’s Highest Paid Female Athletes In 2025. Plus: The One Habit You Need To Prevent Burnout In 2026 Women’s Sports (Forbes 12/19/25)

Christmas brings rise in domestic violence in Germany Society (DW 12/20/25)

Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut: ‘There aren’t more female directors because we’re busy raising children’ US Entertainment (El Pais 12/22/25)
The late consecration of women artists in their 90s Art (El Pais 12/23/25)
Corinne Low: ‘I’m more concerned about the female happiness gap than the gender wage gap’ Pay Gap (El Pais 12/23/25)

Nazareth Castellanos, neuroscientist: ‘We need to teach anxiety prevention techniques from school onwards’ Expert Neuroscience (El Pais 12/26/25)

Fighting over money with your partner? These experts have some advice Finance (CNN 12/29/25)
Why Women’s Health Content Is Suppressed Online Womens Health (Forbes 12/29/25)

Beyoncé declared the fifth billionaire musician by Forbes US Entertainment (CNN 12/30/25)
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35 US (BBC 12/30/25)
Female empowerment: Arab women rise to the mic Middle East Women (DW 12/30/25)