Megha Mohan
@meghamohan.bsky.social
BBC World Service global gender & identity correspondent. Covering women, LGBTQ/race/ethnicity/gender minorities for the BBC’s 43 language services
South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so! The Constitutional Court ruled that the law was a "colonial import" that amounted to gender-based discrimination. www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Africa's Constitutional Court rules that men can take wife's surname - BBC News
The highest court rules that a law barring men from taking the surnames of their wives is a "colonial import".
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September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
South Africa's highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so! The Constitutional Court ruled that the law was a "colonial import" that amounted to gender-based discrimination. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The UN has declared Sudan a "gender emergency".
The Unit for Combating Violence Against Women in Sudan, as of March 2025, there have been 1,138 cases of rape recorded since April 2023, including 193 children, most of whom were in conflict-affected areas.
news.un.org/en/story/202....
The Unit for Combating Violence Against Women in Sudan, as of March 2025, there have been 1,138 cases of rape recorded since April 2023, including 193 children, most of whom were in conflict-affected areas.
news.un.org/en/story/202....
UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan
Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” in war-torn Sudan, UN officials said on Thursday.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The UN has declared Sudan a "gender emergency".
The Unit for Combating Violence Against Women in Sudan, as of March 2025, there have been 1,138 cases of rape recorded since April 2023, including 193 children, most of whom were in conflict-affected areas.
news.un.org/en/story/202....
The Unit for Combating Violence Against Women in Sudan, as of March 2025, there have been 1,138 cases of rape recorded since April 2023, including 193 children, most of whom were in conflict-affected areas.
news.un.org/en/story/202....
Very interesting gender story from BBC Korea Service, K-drama actress Lee Si Young, announced she is pregnant with her second child from her ex husband- baby was conceived using a frozen fertilised embryos AFTER they broke up, and without her ex’s permission.
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'전 남편 동의 없이 냉동배아로 임신'...배우 이시영의 선택이 던진 질문 - BBC News 코리아
배우 이시영이 혼인 관계 중 냉동 보관했던 배아를 이혼 후 이식해 둘째를 임신한 사실이 알려지며 법적 책임과 여성의 생식 선택권에 대한 사회적 논의를 불러일으키고 있다.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very interesting gender story from BBC Korea Service, K-drama actress Lee Si Young, announced she is pregnant with her second child from her ex husband- baby was conceived using a frozen fertilised embryos AFTER they broke up, and without her ex’s permission.
www.bbc.com/korean/artic...
www.bbc.com/korean/artic...
Indian tennis player Radhika Yadav, 25, has shot dead by her father at their residence. Indian media reports that he shot her 3 times from behind, because she refused to close her tennis academy upon being told to do so. He had allegedly been taunted by his daughter’s financial independence.
July 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Indian tennis player Radhika Yadav, 25, has shot dead by her father at their residence. Indian media reports that he shot her 3 times from behind, because she refused to close her tennis academy upon being told to do so. He had allegedly been taunted by his daughter’s financial independence.