Linn Hjort on August 30, 2010 0 Comments
Stieg Larsson’s partner deserves the rights to his work
Social Policy
Fash pack do feminism…in an Ann Summers way, that is
Kirsty Henderson — June 13, 2010 2 Comments
Women care about their rights. Whether we pack it up in a pink box and wrap a ribbon around it, or tell women it’s about ‘burning bras’ and ‘hairy legs.’ Most of us will have an opinion on it.
Culture, Editor's Pick
Manifesto for the liberation of women in Iran
Iran Solidarity — January 25, 2010 3 Comments
Today, support for the ongoing revolution in Iran can and should become a vast international movement. March 8th is International Women’s Day, which this year bears the mark of solidarity with women and people in Iran in the struggle to topple the Islamic regime. We call on women’s rights activists and organisations to express their solidarity with the women’s movement in Iran, while remembering Neda Agha Soltan as the symbol of the revolutionary movement against the Islamic Republic. March 8th this year is the day of solidarity with the movement of the people of Iran for freedom!
Editor's Pick, Politics
Women, Porn and the F-word
Ali H — November 22, 2009 6 Comments
Sexual instincts and social morality do not always sit comfortably together: if imaginations roam free then there will be creativity and discovery, but there will also be misogyny and violence. The debate as it stands at the moment therefore seems to ask that women now make the uneasy choice of exploring one at the cost of accepting the other
Culture, Editor's Pick
Talented girls level the gender playing field in Turkey
Gizem Yarbil — September 22, 2009 1 Comment
I think it’s a huge step forward to have a professional women’s football league in Turkey; after all, it has been established in so many European countries for many years. Girls playing football or lifting heavy weights are at the beginning of a long road to establish total equality for women and men in Turkey
Editor's Pick, Politics
A Clandestine Service Is Never Safe: Women fight for abortion rights in Argentina
Ana Caistor-Arendar — February 19, 2009 6 Comments
The case of a girl in Argentina being raped and then refused the morning after pill has reignited the debate on abortion in this strongly Catholic country.
Editor's Pick, Religion
Women of the World Unite! Us girls need to do more to ease the pain
Natasha Proietto — February 2, 2009 7 Comments
Many women nearly have it all, so those currently inactive must be encouraged and empowered to make a difference in society. The more campaign and pressure groups there are the better.