AUSTRALIA – The organizers of a feminist bake sale intended to highlight pay inequality between men and women have been targeted by death and rape threats. At the University of Queensland’s pay-gap bake sale, held during their Feminist Week of talks and events, customers were charged based on the average amount their social demographic earns in proportion to men, in a move meant to highlight the ongoing disparity in pay between men and women.  The Facebook description for the event at the Brisbane university explained: “For example, if you are a woman of color in the legal profession, a baked good at the stall will only cost you 55 cents!… if you identify as a man, all baked goods with cost you $1!”

However, the event organizers were targeted online with rape and death threats, posted on the public event page and sent privately via email, Facebook and voicemail.

(The Independent UK)…[+]

USA – “It’s very nice to be home again,” said Ivanka Trump as she welcomed her father to the stage in New York. Donald Trump’s daughter said the rally was “just too important” to miss. It was one night after the Republican had lost out to his rival Ted Cruz, 48.2 per cent versus 35.1 per cent, in the key state of Wisconsin.

“He will work tirelessly for you,” his daughter assured the crowd in Bethpage, Long Island.  The audience was then shown a video, set to the background of a violin concerto. The first face on screen was that of Fox News host Megyn Kelly, his “foe”, who questioned him on his insulting remarks towards women. It also showed his supporters, including a Colombian woman who Mr Trump brought on stage at a rally in Las Vegas to hysterically scream his name.  Then the real Mr Trump appeared.

(The Independent UK)…[+]

DENMARK – Danish police said they had arrested four people on Thursday at different addresses near Copenhagen on suspicion of having been recruited by the militant group Islamic State (IS) in Syria to commit terrorist violence. Ammunitions and weapons were found in a connected search, the police said. “All four suspects are accused of having violated the penal code … by allowing themselves to be recruited by IS in Syria to commit terrorists acts,” a statement by Copenhagen police said. Neighboring Sweden on Thursday charged a 20-year-old man with terrorism for allegedly building a suicide bomb with the intent of staging an attack in Sweden.

The Danish arrests were part of a joint effort by police and the intelligence service PET to combat the enlisting of people by terrorist groups in war-torn areas of Syria and northern Iraq, the statement said.(Reuters)…[+]