Women's Rights
Throughout the mid-20th century, groups of women around the world were fighting for change. In what came to form the Women’s Liberation Movement, women united to demand equal pay, equal opportunities, and free contraception, abortion and childcare. These demands were read out at the first ever National Women’s Conference in 1970. We spoke to Juliet Mitchell, one of the organisers of the conference, to hear what it was like to be part of a pivotal moment of women’s history.
Obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr David Hackney said: "Ectopics are the crazy cherry atop a nightmare sundae.”
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As the global outcry over Georgia, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Alabama grows louder, we must not forget that women and LGBTQ+ face the same challenges in the UK and throughout Europe.
"We’re really facing a moment of regression on women’s access to basic rights."
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From the Bristol judge to Belfast, Ghana, America and India, outdated laws and deep-rooted sexist attitudes tip the scales in favour of abusers
I can no longer let people casually refer to themselves as feminists, while supporting a government that is doing nothing to protect the most vulnerable women in society
Today we call for governments to protect women human rights defenders, trust their expertise and meaningfully engage them on all issues that affect women