Female-founded dating app tops $13bn in market debut
CEO Secrets: Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe says don’t take yourself too seriously No bumbling here: Dating app Bumble, which made its name by putting women in charge of making contact with potential mates, has soared to a market value of more than $13bn after listing shares. Its Wall Street success made 31-year-old boss Whitney Wolfe […]
PM Narendra Modi calls on Indians to fight misogyny
ANI PM Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort On Monday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the citizens from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on the occasion of India’s 75th birthday. Upon his arrival at the 17th Century monument, Mr Modi unfurled the national flag and was greeted […]
UK diplomats meet Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
Reuters Simon Gass, the UK high representative for Afghanistan meets Taliban minister Amir Khan Muttaqi UK officials have travelled to Afghanistan to meet senior Taliban members, the Foreign Office has said. The UK government said they discussed how the UK could help address the humanitarian crisis, prevent terrorism and the need for a safe passage […]
Nigerian entrepreneur turning old tyres into furniture
Used tyres found at the side of the road in Nigeria are being turned into furniture by a female entrepreneur. Olabanke Banjo says she’s helping the environment – and the pieces are proving so popular that she quit her job to make them full-time. She told BBC Minute: “When women see what I do they […]
England 38-33 France: Red Roses clinch Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam at Twickenham
England: Kildunne; Dow, Rowland, Heard, MacDonald; Aitchison, L Packer; Botterman, Davies, Bern; Aldcroft, Beckett; Kabeya, M Packer (capt), Matthews. Replacements: Powell, Carson, Muir, Cleall, Talling, Hunt, Reed, Breach. France: Boulard; Banet, M Menager, Vernier, Llorens; Tremouliere, Bourdon; Brosseau, Sochat, Bernadou, Feleu, Forlani (capt), Berthoumieu, Hermet, Escudero. Replacements: Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Khalfaoui, R Menager, Gros, Chambon, Arbez, […]
Eluned Morgan to ‘think about’ leadership
Eluned Morgan said she was taking “time to reflect” on a possible leadership bid Welsh Language Minister Eluned Morgan has said she will “think about” standing for the Welsh Labour leadership. So far, Mark Drakeford is the only declared candidate to replace Carwyn Jones, who steps down in the autumn. Other leading Labour figures have […]
‘Poker princess’ Molly Bloom on her stranger-than-fiction life
Lisa Gallagher Molly Bloom says it was “deeply emotional” to see her life made into a film It’s a bit of a strange experience, sitting down in a hotel to chat to someone whose life you’ve just seen portrayed on a big screen, witnessing their biggest triumphs and personal disasters. Imagine how it feels then […]
‘Award-winning’ sex toy for women withdrawn from show
Lora DiCarlo The Ose robot massager has been banned from CES A sex toy designed for women has been banned from the technology show CES. Lora DiCarlo said it had been invited to display its robotic Ose vibrator at CES, after winning an innovation award. CES organiser the Consumer Technology Association, which granted the award, […]
BBC women let gender pay gap happen, government adviser says
BBC Emily Maitlis, Victoria Derbyshire, Sue Barker, Clare Balding, Fiona Bruce and Alex Jones were among BBC stars to sign a letter demanding the BBC take action over the gender pay gap Female staff at the BBC let the gender pay gap happen “because they weren’t doing much about it”, a government adviser on equal […]
Plaid’s ex-leader has not been friends with successor for years
Former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said she and her successor Adam Price are not friends and have not been for years. Mr Price won leadership of the party from Ms Wood in 2018, in what she labelled a “bad judgement call”. Ms Wood told the BBC’s Walescast podcast that it was right for the […]