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Lynne Segal’s new book is an investigation of ageing, in life and literature. Birbeck College held a public seminar on 16 December, to think about ageing. Called ‘Temporal Vertigo: The Paradoxes of Ageing’, the idea was for discussions aimed at confronting our fears and prejudices around old age, as well as to pnder about the... Lynne Segal’s new book is an investigation of ageing, in life and literature. Birbeck College held a public seminar on 16 December, to think about ageing. Called ‘Temporal Vertigo: The Paradoxes of Ageing’, the idea was for discussions aimed at confronting our fears and prejudices around old age, as well as to pnder about the paradoxes of memory, forms of resistance19
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If by people, you don’t mean women. by Adele M. Stan, RH Reality Check’s senior Washington correspondent. If the world needed any further evidence of the public-relations prowess of Pope Francis, it was granted by Time magazine on Wednesday [11 December], with a fawning profile18
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‘Clare’s Law’ allows people to check police records to see if a partner has a violent past. The Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced recently that the government would introduce the Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) Scheme and Domestic Violence Disclosure Orders17
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The Department for Education’s failure to support campaign is baffling. By Holly Dustin, from The End Violence Against Women coalition (EVAW). Recent research from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner in England has highlighted disturbing16
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Call for parenting book advocating corporal punishment on babies and children to be removed from sale. Trigger warning: This article contains details relating to the physical abuse of children and babies. Hanna Williams, Lydia Schatz, and Sean Paddock are three American children killed by13
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Media reporting of the research may have put too much emphasis on the differences. Apparently it’s because of the way our brains are wired that women can socially network with aplomb while men prefer to navigate the road networks instead. At least that is the interpretation of a13
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Violence against women everywhere must be stopped once and for all. A public memorial will be held on 16 December to honour Jyoti Singh, the 23 year-old student who was raped and murdered on a Delhi bus one year ago in an attack that caused outrage across India. The event is being held12
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Scientists discover way to prevent ejaculation of sperm. If further work on this discovery is successful, scientists hope that an oral male contraceptive pill could be available within 10 years. Widespread availability of such a pill would have the potential to drastically alter the pressure11
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The media’s portrayal of the television chef is typical of its treatment of women in general. While the jury is still deliberating on the trial of the two women accused of stealing nearly £700,000 from Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi, it’s easy to reach a10
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Sixteen reasons to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. Now. “Silence was a natural modus operandi for most women in Northern Ireland. Speaking out didn’t just endanger your life and your situation, it endangered any of your close friends and your family. So there is10
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Authorities in Europe need to address rape seriously in terms of access to justice, prevention and support to victims. Rape continues to be one of the most devastating forms of violence against women, yet it is too often a taboo subject and remains shrouded in silence. To mark the09
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Here are some woman-centric events going on around the UK this week for your diary. Belfast: 9 December: Women in Parliament at Greenway Women’s Centre, 19 Greenway, Cregagh Estate, Belfast. Greenway Women’s Centre is hosting Clare Mullin from the Houses of Parliament18
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‘If she can’t see it, she can’t be it’; why a range of female role models for young people in our popular media matters. By Rebecca Brand. I was so pleased when I heard about the launch of Rewind&Reframe. Finally a campaign to unite the myriad voices that have17
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‘We want to live in a society where the most widely-read newspaper is one that respects women’. Cheltenham Town Ladies FC has joined the nationwide campaign No More Page 3 (NMP3) asking to the editor of the Sun to stop showing the Page 3 topless images and to start representing16
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Welcome to our round-up of news and results from British sportswomen from around the globe. Swimming: Siobhan-Marie O’Connor won two medals this week at the European Short-Course Championshipsin Denmark. She took silver in the 200m individual medley with Sophie Allen taking13
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Just in case you missed this letter in the Guardian on 10 December: We believe that women remain at the sharp end of the government’s economic and social austerity policies (Comment, 10 December). As women’s unemployment rises, wages fall, the pay gap widens, benefits are cut and13
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Joy to the world! December has come! And television ad breaks are suffocatingly festive. Following the backlash experienced by their 1950s sorry 2012 Christmas campaign, this year Asda has opted to forgo advertisements full of sexism-laced festive cheer in favour of some – equally12
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“I’ve never met a man who has been asked how he does it all.” TED is a nonprofit organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has12
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From Human Rights students. Dated 10 December 2013: Human Rights Day. Human Rights students from University College London (UCL) have written an open letter to the vice-chancellor and chief operating officer of the University of London to request they take action to revoke a court order11
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Evocative, influential writer Doris Lessing has died at the age of 94. I have read and re-read ‘The Golden Notebook’ by Doris Lessing and still find it as intriguing and fascinating as I did upon a first thumb through. It is challenging, layered and expansive. Focusing on the10
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Please take part – and pass the link on to any friends or colleagues. Domestic violence may happen behind closed doors but it has far reaching consequences and is known to have an impact on the working lives of those living with an abusive partner. On 25 November 2013, the Scottish
VIP e-cigarette company facing public backlash. Electronic cigarette company VIP are facing a backlash over their cringe-inducing, sexist, TV advertising campaign. ‘I want you to get it out’, purrs a woman wearing a black cocktail dress: ‘I want to see09
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Separate but equal; where have we heard that before? Universities UK, the representative organisation for the UK’s universities, apparently believes that gender segregation is acceptable at British universities. It has claimed that segregation should be permitted in talks by external18
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Survey results: high street shops are less sexist this Christmas after Let Toys Be Toys campaign. 17
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Looking for (fundraising) Christmas presents? All-female EDM and digital art collective female:pressure have released a new compilation album in aid of Pussy Riot. Seventeen artists have lent their considerable talents to the record – among them Xyramat, Caro C and Olivia Louvel16
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Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Coventry: 19 December: Carolling for CRASAC! around the Christmas tree in The Bull Yard, Coventry city centre, from 6pm-8pm. Please come along and have a sing for as long or as short a stint13
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Section 377 is “an archaic, repressive and unjust law that infringed on basic human rights”. India’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has upheld a colonial-era law, known as Section 377, which criminalises gay sex, throwing out a 2009 New Delhi High Court decision that ruled13
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Unsentimental love and ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’. Our regular cross-post from Bitch Flicks. by Heather Brown. I’ve long been a little troubled by the women characters in Martin Scorsese’s films. I say this as compliment overall, because though the12
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‘We need to understand how much of this crime is happening.’ The reporting of rape and other sexual offences by victims has always been low. Feelings of embarrassment and a lack of confidence in the criminal justice system combine to keep victims silent. A leading police11
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Experts call for more resources for both aspects of pregnancy – physical and mental health. A recent Guardian roundtable discussed the glaring gap between physical and mental health care provision for pregnant women. The focus was on maternal mental health and on what needs to be done11
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Women in Northern Ireland after the peace process. By Margaret Ward, director of the Women’s Resource and Development Agency, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is not yet a society at peace as the legacy of the past continues to overshadow our present. Contention over the flying of10
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Getting men to acknowledge and speak out against violence against women is important. The National Federation of Women’s Institutes-Wales (NFWI-Wales) and Joyce Watson, Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales, have been working together to recruit male ambassadors to pledge their support
Sex sells to women but only when it’s dressed up to tout some pricey bling. Link sex to a cheap vodka drink and the mix won’t get us running to the nearest Bargain Booze store; but marry sex with a big bottle of bubbly and we’re off to Waitrose in a jiffy, new research06
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The stark reality of the cuts is that women and children fleeing abuse have fewer places to run to. A new report from Women’s Aid, a national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children, shows the huge gap in funding for domestic violence (DV) services in the UK