Institutional sexism in the police
The reputation of the Metropolitan Police is in tatters – again.
Kicking sexism out of football
Football has a well documented history of both sexual and physical violence.
London school students walk out over rape and harassment
Highgate students walked out on 25 March.
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Poland: Mass protests and strikes against abortion ban
Mass protests in Poland for abortion rights.
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Mass protests against rape in Bangladesh
By Joe Crathorne and KD Tait The death penalty has been introduced for rape cases in Bangladesh in response to
Sexual harassment rife in schools
A RECENT survey found a third of young women in mixed secondary schools have experienced sexual harassment. A majority complained
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
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,
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
Oprah for President?
OPRAH WINFREY’S Golden Globes speech aroused many hearts and moved audiences at the 2018 Golden Globes Awards. While accepting the
Cologne attacks spark racist backlash
We need to challenge the social causes of sexist and racist attitudes inflamed by the refugee crisis ON New Year’s
Wage a genuine fight against sexism
By Joy Macready Labour Right’s “misogyny” accusations against Corbyn are a study in hypocrisy THE Labour party’s National Executive Committee
Cuts put women on rations
By Rebecca Anderson 2 May 2015 Chancellor George Osborne crowed in his 2015 budget speech that the employment rate was
Racist and sexual abuse widespread at Yarl’s Wood
Joy Macready reports on the scandal at the heart of Britain’s privatised immigration system and yet another tale of abuse
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For a working class women's movement
Working class women across the country are confronting austerity and winning local battles. Bringing these class fighters together to forge
Intersectionality – not the basis for the liberation struggle
The methodology of ‘intersectionality’ is currently gaining increased support on the left in the UK. Joy Macready argues why it
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