June 2025: Women in the News

We are scanning the news and collect important articles mentioning women and how they influence the world. Often women are overlooked and we want to celebrate their accomplishments and make them visible.

News articles about women

She helped Texas close a loophole that made it almost impossible for some sexual assault survivors to seek justice USA – Justice (CNN 06/29/25)

Jenny Johnson, one of Wall Street’s most powerful women: ‘It’s a huge risk to the US if China controls the key minerals’ USA – Business (El País 06/28/25)

The woman who could bust Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ USA – Politics (BBC 06/27/25)
‘I love my fans, but also dread meeting them’ – life as an autistic elite footballer Great Britain – Sports (BBC 06/27/25)
Anna Wintour stepping back as US Vogue’s editor-in-chief USA – Fashion (BBC 06/26/25)

Elly Tanaka receives 1.9 million Euro price for regeneration research Austria – Science (06/25/25)
Nike PR stunt or giant leap forward? Faith Kipyegon aims to make history Kenya – Sport (06/25/25)
Orwell prize for political writing awarded to novelist killed in Ukraine war Ukraine – Author (The Guardian 06/25/25)

Teens win awards at BAFTA game design competition Great Britain – Tech (BBC 06/22/25)
Anna Gilmore, public health researcher: ‘Just four products cause at least a third of all deaths’ UK – Health (El País 06/22/25)

Senegal women’s basketball team cancels US training camp after some players have visas denied USA, Senegal Sports (CNN 06/20/25)

Lisa Murkowski’s red flag on Trump and authoritarianism USA – Politics (CNN 06/17/25)
Immunologist Yasmine Belkaid: ‘Science is in danger’ France – Science (Financial Times 06/17/25)
Tennis player Boulter reveals scale of online abuse Great Britain – Sports (BBC 06/17/25)
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion Afghanistan – Women (UN 06/17/25)
How To Become The CEO Of Your Own Career Business (Forbes 06/17/25)

MI6 appoints first female chief in 116-year history Great Britain (BBC 06/16/25)
It’s Not Just A Movie, It’s A Movement To Redefine Venture Capital USA – Business (Forbes 06/16/25)
The New Owner Of The San Diego Wave Soccer Team Is The World’s First Woman Private Equity Billionaire USA – Sport & Career (Forbes 06/16/25)
This South Korean artist is turning strangers’ Instagram posts into portraits South Korea – Art (CNN 06/16/25)

The women at the centre of Somalia’s construction boom Somalia – Architecture/Construction (BBC 06/15/25)
‘Older women are invisible, so I make sure to do something outrageous every day’ Australia – Literature (The Guardian 06/15/25)

Forget the tradwife, meet the radwife: abandoning perfection in favour of ‘good enough’ parenting (The Guardian 06/14/25)

Nike’s first Indian design collaboration (with women owned NorBlack NorWhite ) nods to a 5,000-year-old tie-dyeing technique Delhi – Fashion (CNN 06/12/25)
Outrage as sugar cane workers in India still being ‘pushed’ into having hysterectomies India – Female Rights (The Guardian 06/12/25)

Greta Thunberg Fast Facts Sweden – Activism (CNN 06/10/25)

Lavina Ramkissoon, Africa’s AI Mom: ‘In our countries, many innovations are born out of necessity’ Marocco – Tech (El País 06/08/25)

Helen Toner, former OpenAI director: ‘If all AI development stopped now, its impact is already as big as the internet’ USA – Tech (El País 06/08/25)

WHAT IS women in the news?

We are collecting news articles about women and their accomplishments. Women in the news are underrepresented – that needs to change.

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Malala Yousafzai believes empowering female athletes is a resistance against the Taliban Afghanistan – Sports (CNN)
Why autism isn’t diagnosed in girls and women USA – Health (CNN 04/04/25)
‘Pink tariffs’ cost women more than $2 billion a year USA – Politics (CNN 04/16/25)
Anima Anandkumar is Accelerating Scientific Discovery with AI Science (02/06/25)
Do we need publicly-owned social networks to escape Silicon Valley? Tech (05/25)
Amber Scorah and Psst are building a “digital safe” to help people shine a light on the bad things their bosses are doing, without getting found out. Tech (05/25)
Jay Graber CEO of Blue Sky – We could revolutionize how people communicate online USA – Tech (Wired 05/25)
The US still has not had a woman leader – here are the countries that have USA (CNN 12/22/25)
Women were the original beer brewer – What changed? Great Britain – Food (BBC 12/25)

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