Anti-rape police campaign poster. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8179353.stm In the past week, I have been truly appalled by the attitudes being demonstrated by our politicians towards rape. On both sides of the pond we have had controversial statements...
Suffragettes carrying a banner at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: REUTERS. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9438965/London-2012-Olympics-anger-as-volunteers-cash-in-on-opening-ceremony.html This year’s...
Female Genital Mutilation Image from Medscope  http://medscope.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/female-genital-mutilation-in-ireland.html According to some traditional beliefs, female circumcision is part of becoming a woman – it reduces a...
Mark Wallinger’s Diana, on display at the National Gallery, London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jul/09/mark-wallinger-national-gallery-diana?newsfeed=true To coincide with the Olympic Games, London is hosting a...
Last month Girl Museum celebrated the women who have inspired us in the Heroines Quilt project. In the world of fantasy, however, there are very few strong role models for young women: they can be a scantily-clad “Xena” warrior;...
