OpEd: Casual Racism, Migrant Women and Small Towns

“This town has gone to shit because of them” exclaims the MP of a historical tourist town which is severely underfunded and overlooked constantly with multiple deprivation indices.

Advocacy & Policy, Violence Against Women, UKSona Nikoghosyan29 October 2024Sona NikoghosyanComment

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

Since the murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 by a serving police officer, The Independent revealed that over the next three years over 350 women had been killed by men in the United Kingdom.

Advocacy & Policy, Violence Against Women, Culture, UKJoshua Edwicker16 September 2024Joshua EdwickerComment

Too Posh to Push?

Striking where it hurts most, at the class anxieties omnipresent British culture, ‘too posh to push’ insinuates that richer mothers seek to minimise their birthing experience to a relaxing day out by seeking a caesarean. The pejorative assumption that a 'natural' and non-medicalised birth is inherently 'better' than one requiring a large amount of medical intervention, but 'natural birth' above all else is one that has been widely disproved in the medical community.

Advocacy & Policy, Culture, Health, UK, more top storiesCharlotte Swainston2 September 2024Charlotte Swainston, more top storiesComment

Generation Z and the Great Gender Divide

Young women are more liberal than ever, but the same cannot be said for young men. Why has this gap emerged, and is it too late to close it?

Culture, Europe, Advocacy & Policy, UK, Economy, more top storiesLaura Darcey29 May 2024Laura DarceyComment

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

When public spaces, particularly late at night, are so deeply associated with fear for women, how far can legislation actually change our perception of public safety as women?

Culture, Advocacy & Policy, UK, Violence Against Women, more top storiesLara Gibbs29 May 2024Lara GibbsComment