Labour: making “irreversible gains for women”?
A decade of austerity has undermined many of the economic, social and political gains achieved by women since the 1970s. […]
Sylvia Pankhurst: fighter for working class women
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 –1960) was a formidable figure; an internationalist and anti-imperialist, an anti racist, and for a period a
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USA: Our bodies – our choice
By Mekdela Ejigu THE limited legal abortion and women’s reproductive rights available in the United States exist in a permanent
Fighting sexism in the labour movement
COMPLAINTS of sexual harassment and discrimination by women officers and activists often go unresolved in the unions and the Labour
Hijab ban is sexist, racist, wrong
By a London teacher The recent decision by an East London primary school to ban pupils from wearing the hijab
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Defend a woman’s right to choose
By Ella Mertens WHETHER in Chile or Ireland, Germany or Poland – all over the world – women are protesting
Articles, Britain, International
Libya’s silent, deadly suffering
By Jaqueline Singh WHILE within Fortress Europe right wing agitation and violence against refugees are on the increase, its external
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Challenges of the women’s movement in Sri Lanka
By Hemamali Wijesinghe Sri Lanka has had a developed culture and literacy for many centuries. As far back as 1931,
Leading by example: The life and struggles of Minnie Lansbury
MINNIE Lansbury was born in 1889 in Stepney in the East End of London. Her parents, Annie and Isaac Glassman,
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Local government: reject the pay offer – fight for five per cent!
By a Unison schools convenor There are 1.3 million local government and school support workers – 78 per cent of
International, Race and migration
The colonisation of Indigenous women in the USA
By Micaela Edelson The colonization of Indigenous women has persisted even in the ‘post-colonial’ era. Specifically, colonialism promoted a shift