Birthing Beautiful Communities – a Cleveland-based African American doula collective – provides culturally sensitive education, advocacy and emotional support for women during pregnancy and up to a year after birth. Founder Christin Farmer set up BBC to tackle longstanding birth inequalities by training local black women to provide holistic attention to pregnant women in their own communities.

Thelma Cabrera Pérez, indigenous campesino woman who pledges to root out racism, is hoping to cause a historic upset in Guatemala’s elections on Sunday, amid simmering voter anger over political corruption. “I didn’t ask for this role or buy it – I was elected for this mission by the people, and I’m daring to break the silence as a Mam woman,” she said.

73% of female workers have suffered sexual harassment, according to a recent survey of almost 400 reporters, editors, designers, photographers, illustrators and administrators who currently or previously worked in the media.

“Domestic workers are invisible: many employers don’t know the surname of the person who works in their home, or where she comes from,” said Marcelina Bautista, founder of the centre for support and training for domestic workers (CACEH).