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BLUEPRINT FOR SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION:

TRUMP’S 2025 AGENDA FOR WOMEN AT HOME AND ABROAD

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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

The ‘Silent’ Threat: An Analysis of Stalking as a Pervasive Form of Gender-Based Violence

Daisy Chapman
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

Rollback and Resistance: Women’s Rights in the Age of Trumpism

Muditha Rupavath
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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

The Intellectual Facade of Misogyny

Daisy Chapman
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

The Politics of Contraception, Consent and Women’s Autonomy in India

Muditha Rupavath
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Sona Nikoghosyan
Sona Nikoghosyan

OpEd: Casual Racism, Migrant Women and Small Towns

Sona Nikoghosyan
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Charlotte Swainston
Charlotte Swainston

The New Dawn Of Mexico’s First Female President

Charlotte Swainston
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Progress and Setbacks: The Olympic Inclusion-Exclusion Game

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Hear Their Voices - OpEd: Afghan Women vs Taliban

Lara Gibbs
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

The Impact of Marriage on Gender Roles in Japan

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

The South African Constitution Requires Men to be Feminist?

Elizabeth Sykes

SMASH THE PATRIARCHY

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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Thisuri Perera
Thisuri Perera

The Criminal Justice System is Failing Survivors of Domestic Abuse and Male Violence

Thisuri Perera
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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

Grievable Lives and Forgotten Children: Hind Rajab, Anne Frank, & the Politics of Whose Lives Matter

Daisy Chapman
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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

Silenced Suffering: Gendered Human Rights Abuses in Palestine

Daisy Chapman
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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

The ‘Silent’ Threat: An Analysis of Stalking as a Pervasive Form of Gender-Based Violence

Daisy Chapman
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

“No One Was Killed” - Confronting Conceptual Ladders of Violence

Elizabeth Sykes
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

The South African Constitution Requires Men to be Feminist?

Elizabeth Sykes
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

Women in Protest in South Africa – A Feminist Struggle Continually Dominated by Women

Elizabeth Sykes
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Under the Surface: The Hidden Reality of Rape in Japan, Part 2

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Misogyny and Femicide in Britain – Men’s Problem to Solve

Joshua Edwicker
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Under the Surface: The Hidden Reality of Rape in Japan, Part I

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

Whose Pain Matters? Part I: The Selective Outrage in India's Fight Against Sexual Violence

Muditha Rupavath
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Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira

Something is Rotten in the State of Europe: Femicide in the EU

Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

“No One Was Killed” - Confronting Conceptual Ladders of Violence

Elizabeth Sykes
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Sona Nikoghosyan
Sona Nikoghosyan

OpEd: Casual Racism, Migrant Women and Small Towns

Sona Nikoghosyan
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Charlotte Swainston
Charlotte Swainston

The New Dawn Of Mexico’s First Female President

Charlotte Swainston
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Hear Their Voices - OpEd: Afghan Women vs Taliban

Lara Gibbs
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

The South African Constitution Requires Men to be Feminist?

Elizabeth Sykes
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

Women in Protest in South Africa – A Feminist Struggle Continually Dominated by Women

Elizabeth Sykes
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Audrey Leung
Audrey Leung

The Silent Erosion of Afghan Women's Rights

Audrey Leung
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

Whose Pain Matters? Part I: The Selective Outrage in India's Fight Against Sexual Violence

Muditha Rupavath
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Audrey Leung
Audrey Leung

Iraq’s Draft Child Marriage Law: A Step Backward for Women’s Rights

Audrey Leung
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Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira

Something is Rotten in the State of Europe: Femicide in the EU

Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Street harassment in the UK: How far does new legislation go to protect women from harassment?

Lara Gibbs
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Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira

Motherhood and Feminism in Giorgia Meloni's Italy

Kaly De Oliveira Cerqueira
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Elspeth Brimacombe
Elspeth Brimacombe

Menstruation in Humanitarian Crises

Elspeth Brimacombe
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Laura Darcey
Laura Darcey

Female Genital Cutting in Kenya: How do you end a cultural practice?

Laura Darcey
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Marica Flore
Marica Flore

Stop Sextortion for Water in Kenya!

Marica Flore
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Gambian Parliament Advances Bill to Reverse Ban on FGM

Lara Gibbs
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part III - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Consequences and Calamity

Joshua Edwicker
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part II - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Please Turn Right at the Junction

Joshua Edwicker
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part I - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: The Rise of Right-Wing Youth

Joshua Edwicker
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Aishwarya Shastri
Aishwarya Shastri

Understanding Women's Poverty: Deprivation and Depletion

Aishwarya Shastri
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Harjas Dhillon
Harjas Dhillon

LGBTQ+ History Month

Harjas Dhillon
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

OpEd: Javier Milei, Argentina’s Populist President and the Hypocrisy of Neo-Conservatism

Joshua Edwicker
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

OpEd: Women in War–A Feminist Perspective of Warfare and Human Rights Violations in Gaza

Joshua Edwicker

ADVOCACY & POLICY

  • Collage of feminist and social justice messages including quotes on body autonomy, equal rights, and activism; images of women, protest signs, and illustrations supporting women's empowerment.
  • A woman wearing a large, elaborate hat decorated with flowers. The photo has bold white text overlay reading: "SUGAR AND SPICE AND EQUAL FUCKING RIGHTS."
  • A woman in lingerie and fishnet stockings holding a sign that reads "Not Your Bitch".
  • A woman wearing a black hijab and mask holding a sign that reads 'A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE REVOLUTION.'
  • Children in a factory sewing T-shirts with various slogans such as 'Good Things happen to kind kids. Me!', 'The Cool Kids Never Sleep', 'Too Cool for School', and 'Live Fast Die Young'.
  • Repeated text stating, "Men shouldn't be making laws about women's bodies," in black font on a white background, filling the entire image.
  • A black and white photo of a person riding a horse in a natural landscape. The person is smiling and wearing a patterned shawl. There is a text overlay expressing a loss of cultures, language, religion, and identity due to colonization, emphasizing resistance and claiming ownership of their identity.
  • Text in red says 'The Matriarchy is Coming' on a light pink background.
  • A black-and-white photo of a woman leaning out of a car window, making a rock and roll hand gesture with her hand raised in the air. The text in bold orange letters reads, "I'M TOO CLUMSY TO BE AROUND FRAGILE MASCULINITY."
  • A close-up digital artwork of a woman with braided hair, gold grillz, and bold makeup, overlaid with the word 'feminism' and the definition 'the radical notion that women are people'.
  • Illustration of a woman with dark skin, wearing large sunglasses, earrings, and jewelry, holding a sign that says 'Stop telling women what to do with their bodies,' set against a yellow background.
  • Red background with white text message: "Protect your daughter." with a line crossing out that line and replacing it with "Educate your son."
  • A woman with a headscarf holding her head in her hands, standing next to a yellow wall with a quote about oppression by Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
  • Colorful hand-lettered poster with floral decorations supporting girls, minority girls, and future girls.
  • A woman wearing a face mask holding a sign that reads, 'We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn,' during a night protest or demonstration.
  • A yard with green grass, trees, and a wooden fence with a black sign in the center that reads 'No human is illegal on stolen land. Stand with immigrants' in colorful letters.
  • Illustration of a woman with dark hair, red lips, and long eyelashes, licking a collage of magazine cutout words and images.
  • Illustration of a diverse group of women leading a protests march, holding signs and scales of justice, with a crowd behind them. The scene has an orange sky and the word 'JUSTICE' at the bottom.
  • Illustration of four Black women with different skin tones and hairstyles, with text stating 'All Black Girls Matter Whether They're Dark Skin, Light Skin, Brown Skin, Mixed Hood, Nerdy, Preppy, Loud, Quiet or Ratchet.'
  • Protesters holding signs advocating for abortion rights, with a prominent sign reading, 'If abortion is murder, then a blowjob is cannibalism.'
  • Illustration of a woman holding a sign that says "Mind Your Own Uterus" with a drawing of a uterus on it, against a pink background with white sparkles.
  • A woman wearing a face mask holding a sign that says 'Love our people like u love our food' during a protest. She is wearing a hoodie that says 'Unfuck the world'.
  • A young girl with dark hair in braids and white flowers, smiling and holding a glass of water. The image contains a text overlay that says, 'If this girl were white, and not from Gaza, everybody would know her name.'
  • A vintage-style poster with the text 'I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED' and an illustration of a black boot crushing ice.
  • Illustration of two women, one with braided hair and large hoop earrings and the other with long braided hair and a headband, holding hands and facing each other. The background is orange with black text that reads 'Together We Lift the Sky'.
  • A woman with long brown hair and a septum piercing has red handprints painted on her face. The image has text that reads: '#WHY WE WEAR RED' and 'MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN. In many tribes, red is known to be the only color that spirits see. By wearing red, we hope to call back the missing spirits of our women and children.' There are also red and yellow handprint graphics at the bottom of the image.
  • A portrait of a woman with long braids, wearing hoop earrings and a patterned neck choker, depicted with a collage of small photos of various people making up her clothing. She is painted with a brown background and a feather above her head.
  • Street art mural of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a blue bandana, with red face paint resembling scratches, and turquoise earrings. Text on the mural reads 'NO MORE Stolen Sisters #AMIW'.
  • An illustrated woman with long black hair, wearing a white T-shirt with the words 'FUCK COLONIAL THINKING', a long skirt with a colorful wavy pattern, and holding a pointed object and a small bell, posing with a smiling expression.
  • Illustration of Ruth Bader Ginsburg next to a quote about her asking for her sex and her brother's to be taken from off their necks.
  • A woman at a protest holding a sign that says, "I love my hair not my brain."
  • A woman with dark skin and long hair, wearing a black shirt that says "My Body My Choice," is protesting against abortion. The background is red with various handwritten comments and messages criticizing her stance and supporting women's reproductive rights, such as "Let me speak," "Women can't. No. You don't have a say," and "Stop being so dramatic."
  • An artistic collage features a woman dancing, dressed in a traditional outfit, surrounded by birds, a tiger, and a man playing a trumpet, with the text 'Woman, life, freedom' and its Persian translation.
  • A woman with a serious expression, intense eyes, and dark hair, with a menacing creature with sharp teeth in the background.
  • A woman with short hair wearing a sleeveless shirt that says 'Strong women intimidate boys... and excite men'.

CULTURE

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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

Rollback and Resistance: Women’s Rights in the Age of Trumpism

Muditha Rupavath
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Daisy Chapman
Daisy Chapman

The Intellectual Facade of Misogyny

Daisy Chapman
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

‘Do They Know It’s Christmas Time?’: Unravelling Forty Years of Media Bias

Elizabeth Sykes
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Elizabeth Sykes
Elizabeth Sykes

Woman, Girl, Wife? Investigating Global Discourses on Childhood, Consent, and Maturity

Elizabeth Sykes
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Aishwarya Shastri
Aishwarya Shastri

Digital Defenders: How Women Are Leading The Fight Against Cybercrime

Aishwarya Shastri
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

The Politics of Contraception, Consent and Women’s Autonomy in India

Muditha Rupavath
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Progress and Setbacks: The Olympic Inclusion-Exclusion Game

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Muditha Rupavath
Muditha Rupavath

Whose Pain Matters? Part II: Hierarchies of Caste Systems and Religion in India

Muditha Rupavath
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

The Impact of Marriage on Gender Roles in Japan

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Charlotte Swainston
Charlotte Swainston

Tradwives: Nostalgia’s New Political Power

Charlotte Swainston
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Under the Surface: The Hidden Reality of Rape in Japan, Part 2

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Misogyny and Femicide in Britain – Men’s Problem to Solve

Joshua Edwicker
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Riccardo Chiaramondia
Riccardo Chiaramondia

Under the Surface: The Hidden Reality of Rape in Japan, Part I

Riccardo Chiaramondia
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Audrey Leung
Audrey Leung

Iraq’s Draft Child Marriage Law: A Step Backward for Women’s Rights

Audrey Leung
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Harjas Dhillon
Harjas Dhillon

The Relationship Gap

Harjas Dhillon
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Charlotte Swainston
Charlotte Swainston

Too Posh to Push?

Charlotte Swainston
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Laura Darcey
Laura Darcey

Generation Z and the Great Gender Divide

Laura Darcey
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Elspeth Brimacombe
Elspeth Brimacombe

Menstruation in Humanitarian Crises

Elspeth Brimacombe
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Kate Peacock
Kate Peacock

The Grammy Awards & Female Artists Impact on 'Girlhood'

Kate Peacock
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Sona Nikoghosyan
Sona Nikoghosyan

OpEd: Perceptions of Period

Sona Nikoghosyan
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Frederika Warren
Frederika Warren

Girl Math: More Makeup, More Money

Frederika Warren
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Gambian Parliament Advances Bill to Reverse Ban on FGM

Lara Gibbs
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part III - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Consequences and Calamity

Joshua Edwicker
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part II - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Please Turn Right at the Junction

Joshua Edwicker
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Part I - A Spectre is Haunting Europe: The Rise of Right-Wing Youth

Joshua Edwicker
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Harjas Dhillon
Harjas Dhillon

LGBTQ+ History Month

Harjas Dhillon
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Lara Gibbs
Lara Gibbs

Diet Culture: A Feminist Perspective

Lara Gibbs
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Joshua Edwicker
Joshua Edwicker

Inequality at Home

Joshua Edwicker
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Marica Flore
Marica Flore

Empowerment or Objectification? Beauty Pageants in Limbo Between Gender Equality and Patriarchal Culture

Marica Flore
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Shelley Budgeon
Shelley Budgeon

Art as Activism: Ecofeminism and the Climate Crisis

Shelley Budgeon
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ABOUT PROXY

We are Proxy by IWI - the journalist opinionated side of The IWI: International Women’s Initiative, the leading women’s human rights, advocacy and policy centre. Finding information fuelled by facts can be difficult. That is why Aubrey Shayler created Proxy by IWI. Featuring hard-hitting original reporting as well as smart analysis, provocative argument, and first-person perspectives. Unapologetically opinionated but never partisan, we bring perspective, not more punditry. Proxy by IWI provokes and inspires with facts, and never bores or lectures.

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