Women's Agenda Daily — Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Everything’s fine! The tech bros have descended on the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and sign a “morally binding” agreement on AI safety.

At a press conference featuring around a dozen men in suits outside the White House, the tech leaders promised everything from an “age of abundance” (Elon Musk) to “no conflict between tech and safety” (Jensen Huang), and Mark Zuckerberg declaring their agreement ensures “tech works in the way that we intend.” So where were the women?

Back home, here’s how a community fought back against a $1.2 billion data centre development and what they’re doing next.

The details of how Cornell University handled allegations that seven students had drugged and raped a female student are shocking. Now, the alleged victim has filed a civil lawsuit. As Rita Nasr writes, don’t get comfortable thinking such alleged crimes wouldn’t happen in Australia and be handled similarly.

Christa Pike is expected to be executed on Wednesday (US time). Now 50, she was 18 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, beat, tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. The details of the murder are horrific, but Freja Salt examines a pattern across women on death row which includes childhoods of abuse and male accomplices who are spared the death penalty.

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has been named as Morocco’s first female prime minister just days after her party won the most seats in the parliamentary elections.

ICYMI: The good news AI story this week, involving a female founder and female CEO penning a multi-billion dollar deal to take on the industry.

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Sasha Titchkosky

When Goodman Group proposed a large-scale data centre in Lane Cove on Sydney’s north shore, local businesswoman Sasha Titchkosky stepped up as spokesperson for the Lane Cove Responsible Planning Group.

The number of years since a woman was last executed by the state of Tennessee. On Wednesday (local time) the state plans to execute Christa Pike. Pike, now 50, was 18 in 1995 when she and her then-boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, 17, beat, tortured and killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri named first female prime minister of Morocco

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has been named as Morocco’s first female prime minister just days after her Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the parliamentary elections.