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WVoN talked to the co-founder of The Women’s Room and Mediawatch who wants women to stay on banknotes. Caroline Criado-Perez has been a very busy woman lately. Not content with taking on British media with The Women’s Room, a database of female experts available to talk to the media, and mediawatch, as the woman behind [...]...Leggi Tutto
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In the summer of 1913, 50,000 women walked across Britain to London. Starting from as far away as Land’s End and Newcastle, they converged in Hyde Park, London, on 26 July. They were demonstrating to the government how many women wanted the right to vote. Now, 100 years later, women from
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British Athletics have announced who will travel to Moscow as part of the Team GB squad. With the World Championships less than three weeks away, we take a look at the top five hopes on the women’s side. Jess Ennis-Hill: Jess Ennis-Hill is one of the headline names in the squad, but her
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Women now own 4 per cent more tablets than men, according to new research. YouGov, the UK-based international online market research agency, has reported that not only is tablet ownership growing fast, but, for the first time, the majority of tablet owners in the UK are women. Twenty-two per cent
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Protests have taken place around the world following the murders of two sex workers. The killing of Dora Ozer and Petite Jasmine sparked demonstrations in 36 cities across four continents. Ozer, a trans woman, died in Aydin, Turkey, on July 9 after being stabbed by a client. Jasmine was killed by
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What about healthy human relationships and women’s rights? Guest post by Heather Harvey of EAVES Pornography is meant to be material that is sexually stimulating. I think it’s very simple and clear to say that simulated or real rape should not be promoted as “sexually stimulating” – that is like
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Oxford rape gang: Police and social workers also trashed victims. Will they be prosecuted? By Black Women’s Rape Action Project & Women Against Rape. [At the end of June] five men got life sentences for the vile sexual abuse of girls as young as 11. The men, and two others sentenced to seven
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Welcome to the sports round-up, our weekly bulletin of British women’s results at home and abroad. Football: England have failed to advance beyond the group stages of Euro 2013. Following a disappointing loss in their opening match against Spain, and a lucky draw against Russia, England had
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Despite growing evidence of humans rights abuses, G4S are awarded contracts to run services to vulnerable women. Why? We can learn a lot about how G4S might run services in the women’s sector by looking at some of the findings of last week’s inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga, who died after
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The Church of England synod votes to move ahead with draft law. Reactions were largely negative when the motion that would have made it lawful for women to be consecrated to the office of bishop in the Church of England was defeated in November 2012. The Right Reverend Justin Welby, the then Bishop
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New report exposes ‘systematic dismantling’ of state institutions, legislation and practices designed to tackle women’s inequality. The Fawcett Society, an organisation which campaigns for women’s equality and rights at home, at work and in public life, has warned the UK government against taking a
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“This is not only about golf – it’s about women’s place in society.” Every two or three years one of Scotland’s notorious cadre of sexist golf clubs hosts the Open championship, diminishing the country’s commitment to equality and fairness. And sportsmen become clearly
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Interview with spoken word artist, teacher and writer Chimene Suleyman. Listening back to my interview with Chimene Suleyman I am struck again by a heartening feeling of optimism. The 30 year-old spoken word artist is immediately engaging, with a perhaps unsurprising but none the less
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But the increasing numbers of alcohol-related deaths in women are still eclipsed by male deaths. It turns out that us women, us in our 30s and 40s, have been so busy ‘having it all’ this last couple of decades – the career, the family, the fun - that we’ve missed the effect
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Increasing numbers of young women reject their husband’s name on marriage, but why aren’t more? According to Facebook, a third of married women in their 20s have opted to keep their surname. Good for them, I say, but that still leaves a massive sixty-something per cent who
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If something outrageous happens, we march, at any time of the day. Guest post by Zeynep Talay, a writer and sculptor born in Istanbul and now living in London. The ongoing Turkish protests have left us enlightened and emboldened. The overseas interest has waned but our protests continue amid a
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Three quarters of part-time workers feel trapped in their jobs and unable to progress, a study found. The Timewise Foundation, an organisation that helps jobseekers find quality flexible and part-time work, arranged for 1,000 part-time workers to be interviewed by an independent research agency
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Everyday stories from Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Content warning for stories of sexual abuse Tanya Weaver and Lina Statham of the Regency Runners, a women’s running group based in Leamington Spa, recently organised a fund-raising ball for the Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
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The Mayor Gallery exhibits Agnes Martin, one of the key abstract painters of the twentieth century. Given that this is the final exhibition in its Cork Street premises, this is seen as a fitting response to the 1925 opening show by gallery founder Fred Mayor of six male artists; Picasso, Herbin and
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Women are writing their own parts to escape the limitations of male-penned scripts. Female cineasts are practiced at low-level suffering; that perpetual ache as we sit through hour upon hour of celluloid stereotypes, cringing at false representation, raging at the denial of agency, resigning
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It smacks so clearly of the desire to control women; what they wear and how they behave. Miss World. Yes, it does still exist. The 62-year old pony show for women which was set up in the early 1950s, at a time when a woman’s place was most certainly in the home, or as a [...]...Leggi Tutto
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Very few people have addressed terrorism in terms of the human rights of civilians. A new book by left-wing American feminist writer Meredith Tax argues that the Left in the UK and America is often too ready to embrace right-wing Islam – to the detriment of women and others in the Islamic
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Call for an end to police infiltration of protest groups – and defending the right to protest. Anti-racist campaigners, whose organisation was infiltrated by under-cover officers in the 1990s believe a Hillsborough-style panel is the only way to uncover the truth. Last week members of Youth
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Publishing house Virago celebrates 40 years with a free edition featuring forty of its writers. Virago was the brainchild of Carmen Callil, who was supported by many more behind the scenes including Spare Rib’s Martha Rowe and Rosie Boycott. Its mission was to “publish books which celebrated women
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Racism and sexism, a double whammy for the brown girl. Guest post by Amna Germanotta Riaz I have been following the nomorepage3 campaign and am happy to see the progress made over the past few months. The campaigners quote The Independent on their About Us page: “The page 3 image is there for no
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A survey has revealed that women remain under-represented in senior roles. One of the most comprehensive analyses of the health service’s gender make-up since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 reforms has been carried out by the Heath Service Journal (HSJ) and the King’s Fund, an independent
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Highlighting and addressing the ‘blame culture’ surrounding violence against women and girls. Earlier this year The Everyday Victim Blaming network launched its campaign to confront and challenge the constant victim blaming in the media of victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse. Victim
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Prepare for birth with false eyelashes and a bikini wax? Just like tennis players, it seems that women giving birth now have to be “lookers” and not ruin the effect with any of that sweaty groaning, moaning or screaming. Even if it’s a 10-hour labour, don’t spoil the picture of perfect
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Some events for your diary for and about women for the week 22 – 29 July. Activism: 27 July: Beautiful Bodies Beach Bikini Bash at Southsea Beach, Hampshire A gathering on Southsea beach, promoted by the Hampshire Feminist Collective, to celebrate body diversity. An attack on the unattainable
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Mystery shoppers to nominate shops that fulfil toy campaigner’s good practice criteria. Let Toys Be Toys, the parent-led campaign that aims to see ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ signs removed from toy shops and websites, has announced the launch of a good practice Toymark: to be awarded with the help of
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New research shows improved access to finance increases numbers of women in business. Two new sets of research, one from the Women’s Business Council and one from Social Enterprise UK, have identified access to finance as one of the main barriers to increasing the numbers of women in business. As a
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“It’s your game too, come and join the team.” The Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) and the Football Association (FA) are joining forces to encourage women to turn their passion for football into a career. I know what you’re thinking – another day, another initiative to get
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Have we reached a tipping point for women’s football? Women’s football has been reaching new heights of popularity, and the Women’s European Championship will get an unprecedented amount of coverage. Last year’s Olympics saw the first ever sold-out stadium for a women’s match as Team
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Women not yet full and equal participants in public and political life in Northern Ireland. The submission made by Northern Ireland’s Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) with regard to the UK’s