Why we must reimagine urban public spaces to create a more equal and inclusive environment for London’s diverse communities. When navigating the streets of London, have you ever considered for whom the city has been designed? Whether you and the person walking over the road can freely move around the city in the same way? …
Over the past few years, the idea of ‘dating’ has changed significantly. What was once about finding the courage to ask the cute guy or girl for their number or out for dinner has shifted to an anonymous presence dropping you a message over one of the many dating apps the world has to offer. …
The mission has been left in shatters but it’s time for countries to pick up the pieces. The Taliban’s sudden rise to power has been devastating and a loss for all countries that have in some way been involved in Afghanistan since the US invasion in 2001. With the Taliban regaining land and power in …
Having fled violence, asylum-seeking women’s right to safety in the UK is further threatened by the government’s newest asylum legislation. The Home Office is pushing for major reform of UK’s “broken” immigration system, and it has been nothing less than controversial. The Nationality and Borders Bill, which will enforce many of the measures outlined in …
Britney Spears has spent the last 13 years living under a conservatorship; her life has been controlled by her father and team of lawyers. Now, she shares her emotional experience of conservatorship abuse and pleads, “I want my life back”. In 2008, Britney Spears’s life was placed under a conservatorship. After suffering a public mental …
A website gathered nearly 16,000 anonymous testimonies of sexual abuse, harassment and even rape from predominately young women and girls. Although the website recounts incidents outside of school, a significant number have named the schools where the abuse occurred bringing to the surface the pervasive “rape culture” at a number of schools in the U.K. …
This past 8th of March was International Women’s Day; the theme this year was #ChoosetoChallenge. This blog will see why we celebrate this day and look at the different protests around the world to remember the hardships of women who came out protesting, even under Covid restrictions. This year we need to #ChoosetoChallenge the status …
After celebrating #IWD2021, it is important to continue to #ChoosetoChallenge gender-based violence. The UN has determined this rise of VAWG as a ‘shadow pandemic’, but exactly how bad and how widespread is it? The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns around the world have put violence that women and girls face to the forefront. We …
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, #ChoosetoChallenge, reflects the current state of affairs with women having been put at strain throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It highlights the efforts made by women and girls into shaping a more equalitarian future and recovering from the effects of the pandemic. The theme highlights a change in mindset, with …
The additional financial burden caused by paying for period products and stigma associated with periods increases inequality between different groups of women. The issue of period poverty has been a constant, albeit often overlooked, topic of conversation for some time as a result of both the barriers posed to women and girls by the associated …
