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A book of short plays about women’s rights – what more could you want? The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays is an anthology of eight pieces for theatre written for and by members of the Actresses Franchise League from 1909-13. The plays articulate the arguments of the women’s Suffrage Movement through a variety of […]
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A book of short plays about women’s rights – what more could you want?The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays is an anthology of eight pieces for theatre written for and by members of the Actresses Franchise League from 1909-13.The plays articulate the arguments of the women’s Suffrage18
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The Summit represented a unique moment in our collective efforts to end the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict. What now? Government representatives from over 120 countries, over 1,000 experts, faith leaders, youth organisations and representatives of civil society and international
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Failures contributing to victim-blaming attitudes and the erasure of women’s experiences. The media affects the way we view the world around us, making it crucial that journalists report issues responsibly. Particularly journalists at the BBC, given that it is paid for by us – the licence-fee
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Craftivism is, very simply, political action that uses crafts and other creativity to express views. The use of art and crafts for political comment is not new, and the Craftivism Collective stumbled across this slow, methodical activism process at a stage where many of us are a bit burnt out from
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There is new support available. Domestic violence protection orders (DVPOs) are now in force across England and Wales following the successful conclusion of a 1-year pilot in the West Mercia, Wiltshire and Greater Manchester police force areas. DVPOs are a new power available to police officers
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Although the UK government said it would ratify the Istanbul Convention, it – still – hasn’t. Campaigners Rebecca Bunce and Robyn Boosey have set up a petition asking the UK government to keep its promise to take action to end violence against women and girls by ratifying the European Convention on
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The system is – still – failing the most vulnerable, and trapping half of women into reoffending. By Dawn Foster. Most women in prison in Britain have experienced sexual or domestic violence, yet the system fails to address their needs and further victimises them. For some, it is the end of the
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By February 2015 all the mothers will be faced with the possibility of having to move again. TheFocus E15 campaign was established tochallengeNewhamCouncil’s policies of expelling the poorandvulnerable of London to towns and cities hundreds of miles away. The Labour-run [Newham] council claimthat
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Widespread support for government to bring empty homes back into use. New research from a national campaigning charity, the Empty Homes Agency, and the Halifax has found more than three quarters of British adults believe the government should prioritise the issue of empty homes. The Empty Homes
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BPAS and a range of other organisations believe the time has come to act – and need your help. Over recent years there has been an escalation in anti-abortion activity outside clinics in the UK. Women attending pregnancy advice and abortion centres are now regularly exposed to groups of
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Some campaigners have dubbed 4 November ‘Equal Pay Day’. A new analysis has revealed the strategies needed to tackle the growing gender pay gap which sees women effectively working for free two months a year. The analysis, by the Fawcett Society, has revealed that for every year a man works
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Here are some of the reasons why we still think it is important to protest about the Miss World contest. We have nothing against women who choose to take part in beauty contests, however, we would say that the issue is not as simple as one of individual choice. Basically, because holding beauty
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‘Women are losing out on interesting and rewarding career opportunities’. Three outstanding female engineers have been officially recognised by theInstitution of Engineering Techonology (IET) for their professional achievements and the work they do encouraging other young people to take up
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The UK’s double standards are letting down rape survivors seeking asylum. This week sees the start of a campaign for the Women’s Asylum Charter. You may remember in London this summer seeing an unlikely couple – Angelina Jolie and William Hague – on the news together. As Special Envoy for the UN
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British democracy and women’s right to live free from violence. By Sarah Green. As the general election approaches in May 2015, women’s organisations in the UK have issued the Women’s Safety Manifesto. Politicians ignore it at their peril when it comes to the vote. The last few weeks have seen some
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Sexual harassment is a daily reality for many girls and young women in Britain, according to 2014 survey. The Girls’ Attitudes Survey 2014 was carried out by Girlguiding UK and surveying 1,400 girls and young women between the ages of 11 and 21. It revealed that almost 60 per cent of the
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Women don’t wear clothes? No More Page 3 campaigners spent 6 months collecting images of men and women from the pages of UK’s daily tabloid The Sun, and stuck them side-by-side on a wall to illustrate how The Sun portrays them. The startling results can be seen here. Unsurprisingly, women wear
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How do you challenge existing inequalities by speaking up? From Take Back the Tech! When you voice your thoughts, do you face threats and abuse? How is violence used to disrupt solidarity and collective action where you are? How do you fight back? From women critiquing culture to girls posting
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Bussed in workers earn much less in Poland than they can here, but they are nonetheless being poorly paid. The union representing retail workers, the GMB, has presented an ASBO to Next for failing to make work pay for workers and for being an employer that does not face up to its social
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It is crucial that juries are informed about the myths, stereotypes and realities of sexual violence. Campaign group JURIES (Jurors Understanding Rape Is Essential Standard) is petitioning the Justice Secretary to introduce mandatory briefings of juries on myths about rape and sexual violence at
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Women and girls can’t wait 20 more years to enjoy their full human rights. From the European Women’s Lobby. Seventy organisations have joined the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) for a joint statement to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Adopted two years after the Vienna World Conference
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Women’s rights campaigners welcome withdrawal of the Law Society’s Sharia wills practice note. One Law for All, Southall Black Sisters, the Centre for Secular Space, Nari Diganta and the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation have welcomed the Law Society’s recent action: withdrawing a
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Here are some of the reasons why we still think it is important to protest about the Miss World contest.We have nothing against women who choose to take part in beauty contests, however, we would say that the issue is not as simple as one of individual choice.Basically, because holding beauty17
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Want him to talk to you? Wear heels… The Archives of Sexual Behaviour have this week confirmed what many of us already know; women are helpless in high-heeled shoes. We can now be assured by research that men find women in heels more attractive and are significantly more likely to stop to help a
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Survey on making changes to the current voting arrangements launched. The UK government’s Political and Constitutional Reform Committee has launched a survey asking the public for their views on how voting arrangements should be reformed. The proposals the committee is asking for views on include
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Fed up with the gender pay gap? It’s time to do something about it. Next week, Grazia and Unite are taking Grazia’s Mind The Pay Gap campaign – set up to stamp out the gender pay gap – to the Houses of Parliament. And they need you to help them. On 16 December, MPs will […]
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It is in the interest of all European citizens to have a socially and economically sustainable society where all people have equal rights. The European Women’s Lobby has been urging EU Ministers to push forward the Maternity Leave, Women on Boards and EU Equal Treatment Directives The Council of
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Cleaning up the trade in conflict gold is essential to finding a lasting solution to the ongoing war there. For more than a century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by regional conflict and a deadly scramble for its vast natural resources. In fact, greed for Congo’s natural
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UKIP: this rhetoric has repercussions. By Emma Burnell. Yesterday, I witnessed a horrible act of racism. At a bus stop, a well dressed and well spoken man started literally screaming in the faces of a family of tourists how much he hated foreigners, how they were freeloaders and how they should go
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“We have to make next year a great year for transformation”. Nicole Ameline has been a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) since 2008 and its Chair since 2013. She is a Deputy in the French National Assembly and, among the many roles she has held
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We need to talk about it now, because austerity is making the problem worse. By Ellie Mae O’Hagan. There was a sharp leap in domestic violence in the last quarter of 2013 – with a rise of 15.5 per cent of victims suffering abuse at home. We don’t know whether that’s because of increased reporting
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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. A United Nations call to “Orange Your Neighbourhood” kicked off on 25 November with people around the world displaying the colour to symbolise hope for a future free from violence against women and girls. And for the first time ever both the iconic
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We need toreduceourexposure to harmful chemicals, to stopbreast cancer before it starts. Breast Cancer UK has added its voice to a call by the European Environmental Bureau and 54 other human health and environment public interest groups, including doctors, green chemical producers, and health and