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Welcome back to our weekly round-up of British women’s sports news. Triathlon: The grand final of the ITU World Triathlon Championships took place in London’s Hyde Park on 14 September, bringing huge success for Great Britain. Welshwoman Non Stanford finished 25 seconds clear of the rest of the field to top the overall standings, despite [...Leggi Tutto
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Bristol City Council is being urged to adopt a nil policy for sexual entertainment venues. Bristol has an online petition scheme that enables individuals, community groups and organisations to start petitions to raise issues of “public concern”, so as to give councillors the opportunity to consider
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Another retailer pledges to stop labelling toys as gender-specific. When was the last time you saw an advertisement featuring a girl playing with an engineering kit? Or a boy playing with a doll? The concept that certain toys are for boys and others for girls is set to change, as an increasing
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Explicit references to gender to be removed, images to show boys and girls enjoying the same toys. From the Let Toys Be Toys campaign. Toy retail giant Toys “R” Us has just committed to being more inclusive in its marketing of toys to girls and boys. This was announced follows a
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UK figures show a 9 per cent rise in human trafficking since the last assessment period in 2011. The United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC) has reviewed human trafficking figures in the United Kingdom (UK) and identified prevalent forms of exploitation suffered by victims in an assessment
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It’s time PETA tried to campaign for animal rights without objectifying women. Yet again, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) couldn’t quite campaign on an animal rights issue without using women’s bodies. They wrote an open letter to the National
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Bridget Christie won Foster’s comedy award for best show at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe. Reader, she won it. Those funny lot up there at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland have gone and awarded Bridget Christie the Foster’s 2013 comedy award for best show. The show, called ‘A Bic for her’ and
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The dominant view of women and exercise centres around a presumption of vanity that rarely exists. Female runners, it seems, have an incredible amount to worry about. And I’m not talking about the kind of workaday, logical worries all runners face, such as the ever-present spectre of stress
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‘…in remembrance of lives devastated by the austerity programme’. According to figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), between January and November 2011, 10,600 people died during, or within six weeks, of being put through the Atos Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
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What have toys got to do with violence against women? by Liz Ely, development worker for Zero Tolerance in Scotland. At Zero Tolerance our mission is to prevent violence against women before it occurs, which can only be achieved by eliminating its root cause, gender inequality. This is not an easy
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In Moscow, Britain’s women shone throughout the week. Britain’s track and field athletes achieved their target of six medals at last week’s world championships in Moscow, but only just. As the final evening of competition began, the British total stood at five. Britain’s
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Project gives young women space to share experiences and debate the issues. The first discussion group in a project aiming to challenge sexism and racism in music will take place this week, on 22 August. The project, set up by End Violence Against Women, Object and Imkaan - a UK-based, black
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Stoolball is very similar to twenty20 cricket; fast, fun and exciting. And in Olympic year 2012, Stoolball England’s first ever attempt to stage an England Ladies fixture proved such a success that this year the governing body is extending the opportunity for players to participate not only at
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Trends in work and caregiving are impacting on the lives of older women today. Balancing care responsibilities and work is becoming increasingly difficult, particularly for older women: a ‘sandwich generation’ is emerging, whose members are caught between providing care for both grandchildren and
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Call for funding for more independent female advisors to support rape victims through the legal process. A third of women believe there are varying degrees of rape, according to new figures. The same proportion also think if a woman does not fight back, then she cannot have experienced rape. One
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The sex industry is bound to respond, so we need to make sure they hear a wide range of views. The Scottish government wants to create a new licensing regime for venues that offer ‘sexual entertainment’ i.e. strip clubs and lap-dancing clubs. This includes a suggestion that communities should be
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England’s women regain the Ashes in spectacular style to match the achievement of the men’s team. After the test match at Wormsley was drawn, there all was to play for in the remaining limited overs matches. Each side was awarded two points for the draw, but in truth, Australia would have
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Some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Bolton: 14 September: Bolton Protest and March against the Bedroom Tax at 1pm at Victoria Square, Bolton. Those affected and/or offended by the government’s bedroom tax are invited to meet on the steps of
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We are taking a (well-earned) rest for two weeks from 23 August. We will be back online week commencing 9 September 2013....Leggi Tutto
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UN urges UK to ‘mitigate the impact of austerity measures on women and services provided to women’. The UN Committee dedicated to ending all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) has called on the UK government to step up its efforts regarding establishing gender equality in the
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On 23 August No More Page 3 will be a whole year old! What can you do to mark 23 August? - Tell the world we want No More Page 3 and that 23 August is… No More Page 3 day! - And help make sure that as many people as possible get to hear [...]...Leggi Tutto
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Closing saunas is just the start on the road to gender equality. By Jenny Kemp of Zero Tolerance, a charity working to tackle the causes of men’s violence against women. The news that six Edinburgh saunas have lost their licenses and that more closures might follow has provoked a great deal of
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Excuse me as I burn my M&S bra but there is something unsettling about their latest ad campaign. Marks and Spencer (M&S) has enlisted twelve of “Britain’s leading ladies” to front their autumn collection. These include actor Helen Mirren, Olympic boxer Nicola Adams and award-winning
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Recently released figures are ‘shocking and disturbing’. Despite an increase in the number of victims reporting domestic violence and abuse (DV), the police are referring fewer cases for prosecution than they were two years ago. Figures, revealed by a Freedom of Information request made
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Has The Sun’s pictures of young women showing their breasts made you feel uncomfortable at work? From the No More Page 3 campaign. We have lost count of the number of stories we’ve heard from supporters made to uncomfortable in their workplace owing to the images on Page 3 of The Sun
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Women’s Aid seeks to address worrying levels of online stalking and harassment of women and girls. Last week Women’s Aid held a cyber stalking and harassment conference in London, and an expert panel discussed the impact of online abuse against women across England. The conference
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By Gabriella Apicella, guest writer on Bitch Flicks When was the last time you cried in a movie theatre? The last time you were so moved by a film you needed everyone else to leave before ungluing yourself from the seat and attempting to process what you’ve experienced? Or the last time you saw
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The number of women apprentices may have increased, but women are still doing the poorly paid jobs. Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian and a member of Holyrood’s economy committee, has challenged Scotland’s First Minister Alec Salmond to do more to help women play a full part in
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Here are some of the highlights we missed while we were on our break: Cricket: England’s women regained the Ashes, winning the series by 12-4. For a longer write-up of the series, watch out for my article later on in the week. Elsewhere, Kent won the women’s T20 title after beating reigning
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Laurie Penny joins ‘women on Twitter’ debate with new essay. Author and leading feminist commentator Laurie Penny is entering the debate on Twitter, women and trolling with ‘Cybersexism’, a new essay that explores how the political map of human relations has been recently redrawn by
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Our silence makes us participants in this crime. By Lucine Kasbarian Sexual slavery, forced labor and the extraction of body organs: These are the most common reasons for human trafficking, which represents an estimated USD32 billion per year in international trade. In 2008, the United Nations
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Part of the reason why women have been so prominent in the recent protests. Guest Post from Zeynep Talay, a writer and sculptor, born in Istanbul and now living in London. The birth of the new royal baby in the UK was covered in Turkey as much as anywhere else, and it would be easy [...]...Leggi
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He forced one woman to perform oral sex, told another to work as a prostitute to pay off her debts. These are financially difficult times for many, but would you turn to a loan shark to try and survive? Increasing numbers of women are doing just that, with horrific consequences. With high street
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A spoon concealed in their underwear is helping youngsters escape forced marriages. The idea is that if you are being taken abroad against your will, having a spoon in your underwear will set off security alarms at airports, giving you one last chance to ask for help from the airport’s staff