Etiket: women
Life sentence for murderer of four Winnipeg Indigenous women
A man who admitted to killing four women in Winnipeg but said he should not be found criminally responsible because of mental illness has been found guilty of first-degree murder.…
Patrick Jacob gets 12 years in prison for violent sexual assaults on two women
Patrick Jacob, who committed acts of extreme violence against two women over several months, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the court ruled Wednesday at the Montreal courthouse. A…
Suspect in murder of three women found, police say
The victims are the wife and two daughters of a BBC radio presenter. Investigators believe they were “targeted”. Published 07/10/2024 4:09 PM Update 07/10/2024 11:59 PM Reading time: 1 min…
“Our sisters-in-law”: the power of the heart, the power of women
René Richard Cyr hammered this home during the press conference preceding the theatrical release of Our sisters-in-lawan adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s legendary play. “My film is not a musical,” he…
Suspect in murder of three women found, police say
The victims are the wife and two daughters of a BBC radio presenter. Investigators believe they were “targeted”. Published 07/10/2024 4:09 PM Update 07/10/2024 11:59 PM Reading time: 1 min…
National Rugby Union ‘condemns all forms of violence against women’
Two players from the French XV, Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, were arrested on Monday in Argentina. They are accused of sexual assault. Published 07/09/2024 11:51 Reading time: 1 min…
“Our sisters-in-law”: women, flamboyance and dignity
The cheerfulness and camaraderie were palpable Monday afternoon at the Cinéplex Odéon Quartier Latin, where the film’s artisans gathered Our sisters-in-lawby René Richard Cyr, inspired by the musical theatre that…
“As soon as there is a crisis, it is women who fall by the wayside,” denounces “Dare to be feminist!”
Following the legislative elections, parity is down with 208 women elected to the new National Assembly, seven fewer than in 2022. Published 07/08/2024 11:00 p.m. Reading time: 2 min A…
Elisa De Almeida extends with PSG women for three years
The 26-year-old central defender was given an extension on Monday, after 23 caps and three years spent with the Parisian club. Published 07/08/2024 3:24 p.m. Update 07/08/2024 3:26 p.m. Reading…
PSG Women recruits Fabrice Abriel as coach
The former coach of FC Fleury 91 will succeed Jocelyn Prêcheur. Article written by franceinfo – with France Bleu Paris Radio France Published 07/08/2024 11:29 Reading time: 1 min Football…
Bayonne SPA investigator violently attacked by two women in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
The 67-year-old victim went, accompanied by a friend, to the home of two women in Saint-Jean-de-Luz after reports of mistreatment of their dog. Published 07/05/2024 07:19 Update 07/05/2024 1:00 p.m.…
Review of Me… and the Other | Women of Today
Their unwavering friendship despite mismatched personalities, their shenanigans and their thirst for freedom marked Quebec television in the 1960s. More than 50 years later, the characters of Dominique and Denise…
Review of “Smashed2”, presented in Montreal completely circus: oranges, melons, women
There is, to the left of the computer where this review is being written, an orange. One of the fifty, maybe sixty oranges that are used in Smashed2 of juggling…
Four Quebec women will represent the country in water polo at the Paris Olympics
Four Quebec women will represent Canada in women’s water polo at the Paris Olympic Games, Water Polo Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Thursday. They are Axelle Crevier, Élyse…
Alice Milliat, the sports activist who enabled women to participate in the Olympic Games
A swimmer, hockey player, rower, she challenged the male sports authorities, the International Olympic Committee led by Pierre de Coubertin. In 1922, she organized the first all-women World Olympic Games.…
In India, women campaign to criminalise marital rape
In the reform accompanying Narendra Modi’s re-election for a third term, laws relating to sexual assault were “strengthened” on Monday. But this is not enough for many women’s rights activists.…
London | Two women enter a famous club previously reserved for men
(London) Actresses Judi Dench and Sian Phillips are to become the first two female members of the Garrick Club, one of London’s oldest private members’ clubs, which has increasingly been…
Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian women have been able to work in galleries
They were not welcome underground in Ukraine. Now, the presence of women is accepted for the war effort against Russia. Published on 06/30/2024 4:15 p.m. Reading time: 2 min Women…
Cascading setbacks for women in the United States
This week marked the second dark anniversary of the ruling Dobbs v. Jacksonof the Supreme Court of the United States, the decision having invalidated Roe v. Wade, which had protected…
the repressed struggle of women as the presidential election approaches
Published 06/28/2024 12:39 Video length: 2 mins Iran: the repressed struggle of women as the presidential election approaches Iran: the repressed struggle of women as the presidential election approaches (Franceinfo)…