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Rape victims to receive specialist legal advice throughout justice process, government confirms
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (204+ words) The government has announced a new national legal advisor service for rape victims, backed by "6m of funding. Here is what is changing and what it means in practice. On 10 March 2025, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced that rape victims in…...
ICE is detaining pregnant women and subjecting them to dangerous, inhumane treatment
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (442+ words) Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of pregnancy loss, medical neglect, and abuse. Her name in the documents is Lucia. It is not her real name. She is too frightened of retaliation to use it. "The stories that are represented…...
Paris Paloma and her new song 'Good Girl' are challenging the bullshit body politics we all deal with
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1119+ words) Period tracking apps are widely used amongst women and people who have periods, but questions remain over how safely they store and share sensitive data. Is our sensitive data being used against us? Paris Paloma is back with a new…...
‘Not all men’ is reductive and useless, here's why
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (974+ words) It's "not all men' until they tell their sister to get an Uber instead of walking once it gets dark. Until they walk their female coworker to her car. Until they hire a female babysitter for their daughter rather than…...
"After all these years, awakening is my right" - Iran's lost theatre queens - The New Feminist
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (788+ words) Kobra Amin Saeedi, better known as Shahrzad, was one of the pioneering women of Iranian theatre. After Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, however, her memory faded. Her life and legacy are obscured by the political and social landscape of Iran today,…...
What is in the new Violence Against Women and Girls strategy?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (978+ words) The Home Office has announced its strategy to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) after being delayed three times. Campaigners, survivors and frontline organisations have repeatedly raised concerns about the lack of a clear, long-term plan, particularly as rates…...
Contextualising the gender pay gap
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (719+ words) November is hardly anyone's favourite month. The days are darker and damper. It's colder. And for women, November is effectively the month we stop being paid. Imagine going into a shop with two of your friends. You all pay "5 with…...
Overconsumption is dystopian and wasteful, we need a change
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1810+ words) Period tracking apps are widely used amongst women and people who have periods, but questions remain over how safely they store and share sensitive data. Is our sensitive data being used against us? Starbucks recently announced its holiday merch collection,…...
What Sky Sports' ‘Halo’ says about our complicity in the corporate infantilisation of women
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1028+ words) In an extremely tone-deaf attempt to appeal to women, Sky Sports" "Halo" borrowed from "I"m just a girl" culture, causing a litany of backlash. It"s November 2025, and someone at Sky Sports has decided women are finally ready for…...
South Africa declares violence against women a national disaster after mass protests
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) Following countrywide protests on Friday, South Africa has officially classified violence against women as a national disaster." The campaign was organised by NGO Women for Change and called for women and LGBT+ communities to "refrain from all paid and unpaid…...