4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (655+ words) Yanar Mohammed’s assassination comes amid a number of killings as fellow campaigners warn women’s rights are going backwards Speaking to the Guardian and Jummar Media, women in Iraq say the murders have had a chilling effect on their ability to…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (874+ words) Female journalists’ accounts of harassment trigger avalanche of allegations reaching as far as government Juanita Gómez was reporting on an international assignment for Caracol, a Colombian television channel in 2015, when an older colleague attempted to forcibly kiss her by inside…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1473+ words) In today’s newsletter: As cases charged hit their highest level on record in England and Wales, a look at what is behind the increase and whether the criminal justice system is keeping pace Good morning. Disturbing new data shows that…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (657+ words) theguardian.com Aisling Bea review – glamourpuss meets accidental mum in a scatty show that revels in immaturity Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe sitcom star and Taskmaster stalwart is on commanding form as she embarks on Older Than Jesus, her first – and deeply…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (584+ words) Hannah Clark responds to an article on the growing phenomenon of women being covertly filmed while out at night I was grateful for Emily Retter’s focus on the feelings and experiences of the women affected by voyeuristic nightlife content (‘They…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1405+ words) Across the world, incarcerated pregnant women are often held in deplorable conditions, leading some to miscarry or give birth alone inside a cell, say campaigners Read more in our Women in prison series Dina Hernández was 35 weeks pregnant when she…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (894+ words) Incarceration should be a last resort, yet this broken and brutal system punishes marginalised women, most of whom are inside for non-violent crimes ‘When you imprison a woman, you imprison a family,” a young woman in Sierra Leone told me,…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (253+ words) Christine and Francis Saunders, who lost their beloved daughter Juliet, respond to the news that advice on maternal deaths in England and Wales has been routinely ignored Thank you for your article on how coroners’ prevention of future deaths (PFD)…...