In Riot Women, Joanna Scanlan formed a punk band, sang about big issues for women in their 50s and forged a community. The nation sang along.

Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk

Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta

'I met the devil, but chose to live' Read more from survivor Esther* here: www.lbc.co.uk/article/dome...

Start of wars in Gaza and Ukraine led to spikes in global incidents affecting pregnant women's access to healthcare. #WaronWomen www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

No mainstream newspaper, except for @theguardian.com, reported on new ONS data revealing approx 1 in 3 women in England & Wales, and 1 in 4 men, experienced childhood trauma. Previous ONS studies found 1 in 5 adults experienced childhood trauma. livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/12/29/m...

‘You know what I like’: Epstein files reveal disgraced financier’s routine abuse of girls Released documents detail the assembly line-like process with which Jeffrey Epstein procured underage victims www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Staff in LA women’s jail sued over sexual abuse claims

"COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now." ✍️ Jason Judd and Kalpona Akter write for Context. 🔗 https://www.context.news/just-transition/opinion/can-the-fashion-industry-adapt-to-a-warming-world

The patriarchal holiday fantasy is exhausting America’s mothers. msmagazine.com/2025/12/22/w...

If you would like to make a difference to refugee women in 2026: ✍️ Sign our pledge to #WelcomeEveryWoman to become part of our community: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever... 💜 Donate to support refugee women to heal and to thrive again: www.refugeewomen.co.uk/donate/ 8/8

Epstein survivors disappointed over heavy redactions and missing files

Stop asking what victims did or did not do A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing

‘The specialist VAWG sector is on its knees after years of chronic under-funding’. Women’s sector warns funding gap could obstruct Labour’s goal of halving VAWG within a decade. livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/12/19/w...

Deepfakes and porn: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity in schools | The Latest

Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence

We found that: 🛑 Within 2 minutes, ChatGPT advised a simulated 13-year-old how to cut herself 🛑 Within 20, it created a dangerously restrictive diet Yet, AI architects are Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” – but are they really, if they’re failing to protect kids online?

The High Court’s ruling that a six-year-old child must keep her father’s name goes against basic justice and the tide of reform, says @drproudman.bsky.social: goodlaw.social/o3de

Gender equality needs to be at the centre of foreign policy, rather than at its margins. Historically, the UK has played an important role in standing with women & girls, but in 2025, progress is stalling. It's now more important than ever to #ProtectProgress because equality can't wait.

The interim report into maternity services paints a familiar picture of systemic failings. The number of women dying in childbirth is increasing across the board. We need urgent action to address this and deliver the high level of personalised care that every woman deserves.

How Afghan women were abandoned in the aftermath of August's deadly earthquake

🚨 NEW REPORT: Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives From 2018–24, 59 people died in women’s prisons in England & Wales, nearly 40% self-inflicted. The report shows many deaths could have been prevented if successive governments had acted on long-standing calls to end women’s imprisonment.

Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

For many immigrant families, caregiving is an act of love passed down through generations—yet in the U.S., the lack of paid leave, affordable elder care and basic support makes it nearly impossible to sustain.

On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, we honour those who devote their lives to protecting the rights, dignity and freedoms of every human being. WHRDs in Europe and around the world are targeted for their vital work. States must do more to guarantee their safety.

💫 What a night celebrating the journalists and writers showing excellence in reporting on violence against women! ✍️ Read about how their work is making a difference to collective attitudes and awareness - moving us towards accountability and prevention.

Online Violence Against Women & Girls can impact their physical & mental health, stop them from participating in society, and lead to real-life violence. Read our explainer to learn how social media platforms are enabling online VAWG and what they can do to stop it👇

Women in public life often experience gendered behaviour but are punished for pointing it out.

‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant

New CPS data links vast majority of stalking and image-based sexual abuse charges to domestic abuse livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/11/25/n...

“For girls, for young people, and for communities already living with displacement, hunger, and the loss of education, the lack of funding is not a technical detail—it’s a direct threat to their futures." Read more on our reaction to the outcome of #COP30: plan-international.org/news/2025/11...

Research shows young people are less likely than any other age group to spot signs of economic abuse. This needs to change. Together with TSB, we've launched the Spotting the Signs Challenge to help people recognise red flags & take action safely. Read more ⬇️ www.independent.co.uk/money/tsb-re...

Because the law is an expensive tool to use; because this means it is mostly rich people who get to use it; because rich people are usually men; the law has become a tool of the patriarchy, one which men use to impose their will on women.

Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows

Landmark verdict on abuse-related suicides in Michelle Sparman’s inquest. We call on the police & CPS to reinvestigate this case & demand that the government accept our amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to recognise abuse-related suicides as murder. southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/landmar...

Please stop glossing over male violence in headlines.

"The public needs to see the videos, and photos, I believe the FBI has – that will truly start to tell the story." A lawyer for Epstein victims on why emails from the sex trafficker to Trump are "nothing new" to him, and other insiders www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/epst...

Two-thirds of women in UK military sexually harassed at work in the past year, new MoD survey finds. #VAWG #sexism #misogyny livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/11/13/t...

🚨 1 in 3 children have been asked for sexual images by someone they met online (Thorn, 2025) It’s time for global, coordinated investments to drive systemic change. #SafeOnline #SafeDigitalFutures Learn more: safeonline.global/financing-fo...

Women share stories from life in UK care system

Female politicians such as Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum face ‘backlash driven by discrimination’

Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means | "Isabella"

Women can bring a leadership style that can really benefit organisations that are in trouble.

Ending Gender-Based Violence Is Possible—If We Choose to Do the Work: "Survivor-centered systems make cultural change sustainable by ensuring survivors can rebuild their lives with dignity." nonprofitquarterly.org/ending-gende...

"Wherever systems collapse and lawlessness grows, girls’ bodies become battlefields, and their futures the collateral damage." ✍️ Reena Ghelani, CEO at Plan International, writes for Context. 🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...

In a tent in central Gaza, a women’s film festival is born Held over six days last week, the inaugural International Festival for Women's Cinema was ‘an affirmation that Gaza loves life despite the genocide.’ Ibtisam Mahdi reports. www.972mag.com/gaza-interna...

On the 75th anniversary of the European Convention, @libertyhq.bsky.social and women’s rights orgs call for the ECHR to be respected + protected. @evawuk.bsky.social @4refugeewomen.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @rightsofwomen.bsky.social livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/11/04/n...

A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.

The European Convention on Human Rights is a crucial tool in the fight to end violence against women and girls, providing victims/survivors with access to support when they're failed by the State. 📣 We join 300 orgs calling on govt to defend our rights! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...