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We are on a break 23 Aug 2013 | 09:34 pm
We are taking a (well-earned) rest for two weeks from 23 August. We will be back online week commencing 9 September 2013.
Laurie Penny looks at cybersexism 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Laurie Penny joins ‘women on Twitter’ debate with new essay. Author and leading feminist commentator Laurie Penny is entering the debate on Twitter, women and trolling with ‘Cybersexism’, a new essay...
Atos deaths: memorial day and protest in London 23 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
‘…in remembrance of lives devastated by the austerity programme’. According to figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), between January and November 2011, 10,600 people died during, or...
UN remarks on women’s status in UK 23 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
UN urges UK to ‘mitigate the impact of austerity measures on women and services provided to women’. The UN Committee dedicated to ending all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) has called o...
Spotlight on sex trafficking in Armenia 23 Aug 2013 | 02:24 pm
Our silence makes us participants in this crime. By Lucine Kasbarian. Sexual slavery, forced labor and the extraction of body organs: These are the most common reasons for human trafficking, which r...
Toys, stereotypes and violence 23 Aug 2013 | 01:09 pm
What have toys got to do with violence against women? by Liz Ely, development worker for Zero Tolerance in Scotland. At Zero Tolerance our mission is to prevent violence against women before it occu...
No More Page 3 is one year old 22 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
On 23 August No More Page 3 will be a whole year old! What can you do to mark 23 August? - Tell the world we want No More Page 3 and that 23 August is… No More Page 3 day! - And help make sure that...
Abortion and protest in Turkey 22 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
Part of the reason why women have been so prominent in the recent protests. Guest Post from Zeynep Talay, a writer and sculptor, born in Istanbul and now living in London. The birth of the new royal...
The world athletics championships 22 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
In Moscow, Britain’s women shone throughout the week. Britain’s track and field athletes achieved their target of six medals at last week’s world championships in Moscow, but only just. As the final...
Prostitution: Edinburgh’s sauna issues 22 Aug 2013 | 01:09 pm
Closing saunas is just the start on the road to gender equality. By Jenny Kemp of Zero Tolerance, a charity working to tackle the causes of men’s violence against women. The news that six Edinburgh ...
