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Defence Secretary may allow women in roles where they engage with and kill the enemy. Last week the Ministry of Defence announced that it was bringing forward a review into whether women in the Armed Forces should be allowed to serve in close combat roles. The review will look at whether women can serve in [...]
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Part of the first pan-European movement featuring the animal parties of seven EU countries. Vanessa Hudson is the leader of Britain’s Animal Welfare Party (AWP), which campaigns against what she feels is the unspoken “ism” of our age, speciesism. “The assignment of different values, rights or
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River Island's ill-advised "Anti-Nag Gag" was rightfully removed from the shelves last week - but it shouldn't have been there in the first place.
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It seems like everyone’s doing it these days. Recently a spate of adverts have emerged using variations on a feminist theme to promote their products. But what does that mean for the message? Just look at Dove’s efforts to paint itself as the pioneer of women’s self-esteem using an FBI sketch
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Big programme aims to get more women cycling for fun. ‘Breeze’ is a programme run byBritish Cycling, and is the biggest programme ever to get more women into riding bikes for fun. The aim of Breeze is to help women feel more confident and comfortable out on the roads in traffic. Cycling is a big
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There was a commitment to build a new Northern Ireland on the foundations of inclusion, equality and human rights. By Niki Seth-Smith. The work of peace building is still ongoing in Northern Ireland. International media, when they accept a simplified story whereby the conflict often called the
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Anita, the new documentary from Oscar-winner Freida Lee Mock about Anita Hill. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Ren Jender. Women and girl characters in film (and the plays and works of literature films are based on) lie a lot. I don’t mean that they tell an10
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Artist contradicts and questions power, creating dual identities through size and material. Titled ‘dock’, very specifically with a lower-case d, the inspiration for Phyllida Barlow’s latest work came from the River Thames running outside the Tate Britain. And what09
Apr
2014
Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Glasgow: Until 21 April: A Feminist Chorus: Lucy Reynolds and Map at Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow. Part of the world-renowned Glasgow International, a biennial08
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2014
The British Medical Association argues that charges for temporary migrants are unfair. Proposed charges for immigrants to use NHS services aimed at stamping out so-called ‘health tourism’ will endanger pregnant women, advocacy groups have claimed. The Immigration Bill, first07
Apr
2014
‘Lads mag’ may be in talks about closing but its content will, unfortunately, live on. Famous for its dedication to promoting semi-naked women, football and ‘banter’, Nuts magazine has been in circulation for 10 years. It was announced recently that the03
Apr
2014
‘Ensuring accountability ‘from those who claim to work in the name of peace and security for the international community’. In recent years, states and international organisations – including the United Nations – have been increasingly using peacekeeping operations14
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Last week, the High Court ruled that women travelling from Northern Ireland for an abortion are not entitled to free NHS care.
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‘A vote for the policies of hope’. The Scottish Green party has launched their manifesto for the 22 May elections for the European Parliament. The party is giving top billing to protecting public services and investment; welcoming newcomers to the country; and promoting Scotland’s role in ending
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Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Belfast: 15 May: Public Lecture: “Begin Again: Telling Stories as Restitution” in the Upstairs Theatre at the MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ at 3pm. The Interdisciplinary Research Group
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Lucy Liu’s Watson is the best, according to Robin Hitchcock. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Robin Hitchcock. Having recently written about my new TV crush Abbie Mills, I feel compelled to sing the praises of another woman of color making television a better place: Lucy Liu as Joan
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Help promote, defend, and demand women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. The 28 May International Day of Action for Women’s Health is to be re-launched this year, as part of a major call by women’s rights defenders worldwide for the inclusion of women’s sexual and reproductive health and
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Ex-Radio 1 presenter claims as a woman she was seen as an interloper. Liz Kershaw is a bit of an anomaly in the British media industry – a female radio DJ with a 30-year career and a regional accent. In her autobiography ‘The Bird and The Beeb’, released last month, she10
Apr
2014
Labour MP calls for the Labour party to support the No More Page 3 campaign. The Welsh National Assembly added its voice to the campaign for No More Page 3 and called upon the Sun newspaper to drop the feature in July last year, in an Individual Members Debate (IMD). The debate was put09
Apr
2014
Make 2016 a European Year to End Violence against Women and Girls. Although seven women die every day from domestic violence in the EU, to date, the European Union (EU) has no binding legislation regarding violence against women. This is critical, as violence affects approximately 45 per07
Apr
2014
Cadbury respond to controversial Snickers advert by marketing their Boost bar with #SexismIsNuts. Snickers Australia recently uploaded a video featuring a group of builders shouting what the YouTube clip title describes as ‘loud empowering statements’ at women walking in the street04
Apr
2014
The Rana Plaza building collapsed in April last year; 1,138 people lost their lives and over 2,000 more were injured. At least 27 global garment brands had recent or current orders in with the five garment factories in the building. Nearly all those who died or were injured were03
Apr
2014
Protest planned as good practice guide suggests male heirs ‘receive double’ that of women’. Campaigners are demanding the Law Society tear up a practice note on ‘Sharia-compliant wills’ which they believe will lead to more discrimination against women and children14
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UN Committee Against Torture questions Holy See on violations of women’s reproductive rights. The UN Committee Against Torture has questioned the Holy See on its efforts to curtail women’s health care globally. The UN Committee Against Torture has been reviewing the Holy See on its record related
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On 22 May around 180 local areas in England and Northern Ireland vote for new local councillors or mayors. Although over a century of campaigning has made a huge difference to many women’s lives,we are still a very long way from true equality. Too many of our most powerful decision makers have yet
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For many, zero-hours contracts mean poverty pay and no way of knowing how often they’ll be working. Nonetheless, jobseekers are to lose benefits for three months or more if they refuse to take zero-hours contract roles, a letter from a Conservative Party minister has revealed. For the first time
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Historic moment highlights huge equality gap. A newly-created role that brings Liberal Democrat MP Jenny Willott to Cabinet meetings when shared parental leave and workplace rights are on the agenda serves as yet another reminder of how far from equality are women in politics and Parliament
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Anita, the new documentary from Oscar-winner Freida Lee Mock about Anita Hill. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. By Ren Jender. Women and girl characters in film (and the plays and works of literature films are based on) lie a lot. I don’t mean that they tell an10
Apr
2014
‘Women’s access to justice – From reporting to sentencing’ report now out. Women’s Aid, together with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Domestic and Sexual Violence, a cross-party group of MPs and peers working to combat domestic and sexual09
Apr
2014
Need ‘to make gender equality mainstream through all other goals’. Held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10-21 March 2014, the 58th edition of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) once again gathered together a large number of civil society organisations08
Apr
2014
New website demonstrates glacial pace of gender equality progress in the tech industry. We had so hoped this was April Fool’s Day idiocy, but it seems not. “Hot Tech Today” is, it says, a digital magazine. It offers tech news punctuated by pictures of scantily clad women07
Apr
2014
New campaign to develop annual calendar of women’s competitions. Acknowledging that for women’s sport, ‘the Olympics and Paralympics are almost everything,’ the Women’s Sports and Fitness Foundation’s (WSFF) latest report has presented three essential04
Apr
2014
‘The right to free speech and the right to not have our lives determined by so-called ‘community leaders’ – invariably men.’ For some, 2014 is a momentous year. It marks, for example, 25 years since the Rushdie Affair and the birth of the feminist inspired03
Apr
2014
Ten films Kirsty NcNeill reckons will change how you think about politics. Former Downing Street adviser now a strategy consultant for campaigning organisations, Kirsty McNeill has put together a list of 10 films she reckons will change how you think about politics. From campaigning Chinese