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Big Issue
2 days ago
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.
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Riot Women star Joanna Scanlan: 'I know now how much I really love life'
https://www.bigissue.com/culture/tv/riot-women-joanna-scanlan-my-big-year/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767516422
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Reuters
4 days ago
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
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Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
https://reut.rs/498SoUk
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The Guardian
6 days ago
Yes, womenâs rights are under threat around the world. But weâve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
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Yes, womenâs rights are under threat around the world. But weâve found hope in unlikely places | Rahila Gupta
From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Letâs support their fight, says anti-racist feminist activist Rahila Gupta
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/31/women-rights-threat-world-hope-el-salvador-russia-syria?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767191378
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Refuge
6 days ago
'I met the devil, but chose to live' Read more from survivor Esther* here:
www.lbc.co.uk/article/dome...
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'I met the devil, but chose to live' How New Yearâs Eve marked one womanâs end to abuse, addiction and homelessness | LBC
Esther* is clear about one thing: she does not want to be defined by what was done to her.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/domestic-abuse-awareness-survivor-story-5HjdQ2m_2/
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces
7 days ago
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...
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Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2025/dec/22/childbirth-under-attack-how-women-and-babies-became-targets-in-conflicts-around-the-world
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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.
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Peter Jukes
9 days ago
âYou know what I likeâ: Epstein files reveal disgraced financierâs routine abuse of girls Released documents detail the assembly line-like process with which Jeffrey Epstein procured underage victims
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âYou know what I likeâ: Epstein files reveal disgraced financierâs routine abuse of girls
Released documents detail the assembly line-like process with which Jeffrey Epstein procured underage victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/28/epstein-files-reveal-routine-child-abuse
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The Independent
9 days ago
Staff in LA womenâs jail sued over sexual abuse claims
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Staff in LA womenâs jail sued over sexual abuse claims
Staff in LA womenâs jail sued over sexual abuse claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/los-angeles-womans-jail-sex-abuse-lawsuit-b2891248.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766950135
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Context Newsroom
11 days ago
"COP30 agreed to triple adaptation finance, but the fashion industry needs adaptation measures now." âď¸ Jason Judd and Kalpona Akter write for Context. đ
https://www.context.news/just-transition/opinion/can-the-fashion-industry-adapt-to-a-warming-world
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Ms. Magazine
12 days ago
The patriarchal holiday fantasy is exhausting Americaâs mothers.
msmagazine.com/2025/12/22/w...
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Santa Is a Woman
As Americans prep for the holidays and the time off from paid work, women and working moms need rest, and dads need to do emotional Christmas labor.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/12/22/women-mothers-holiday-christmas-santa-work-labor-family-chidren/
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Women for Refugee Women
15 days ago
If you would like to make a difference to refugee women in 2026: âď¸ Sign our pledge to
#WelcomeEveryWoman
to become part of our community:
www.refugeewomen.co.uk/welcome-ever...
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Women for Refugee Women - Donate
Please give a one-off or regular donation to Women for Refugee Women to support refugee and asylum-seeking women to connect, heal and thrive.
https://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/donate/
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The Independent
17 days ago
Epstein survivors disappointed over heavy redactions and missing files
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Epstein survivors disappointed over heavy redactions and missing files
Epstein survivors disappointed over heavy redactions and missing files
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-files-release-survivors-redactions-b2888166.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766204185
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Sussex Bylines
17 days ago
Stop asking what victims did or did not do A Harrods survivorâs challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
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Stop asking what victims did or did not do
A Harrods survivorâs challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/human-rights/stop-asking-what-victims-did-or-did-not-do/
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âThe specialist VAWG sector is on its knees after years of chronic under-fundingâ. Womenâs sector warns funding gap could obstruct Labourâs goal of halving VAWG within a decade.
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Womenâs sector warns funding gap could obstruct Labourâs goal of halving VAWG within a decade
âWe remain deeply concerned by the ongoing funding challenges faced by the specialist VAWG sector, which is on its knees after years of chronic under-funding.â EVAW Coalition
https://livingunderpatriarchy.org/2025/12/19/womens-sector-warns-funding-gap-could-obstruct-labours-goal-of-halving-vawg-within-a-decade/
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The Guardian
19 days ago
Deepfakes and porn: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity in schools | The Latest
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Deepfakes and porn: the plan to tackle toxic masculinity in schools | The Latest
Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardianâs senior reporter Alexandra Topping
https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2025/dec/18/deepfakes-and-porn-the-plan-to-tackle-toxic-masculinity-in-schools-the-latest?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766079411
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ZoĂŤ GrĂźnewald
19 days ago
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? Iâd wager this or a family member is most womenâs first experience of sexual violence
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Center for Countering Digital Hate
19 days ago
We found that: đ Within 2 minutes, ChatGPT advised a simulated 13-year-old how to cut herself đ Within 20, it created a dangerously restrictive diet Yet, AI architects are Time Magazineâs âPerson of the Yearâ â but are they really, if theyâre failing to protect kids online?
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Good Law Project
21 days ago
The High Courtâs ruling that a six-year-old child must keep her fatherâs name goes against basic justice and the tide of reform, says
@drproudman.bsky.social
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goodlaw.social/o3de
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Charlotte Proudman: No child should ever be bound to a man who raped her mother
The High Court ruling that a child must keep the name of the man who raped her mother reveals a deep problem in our family courts, says Charlotte Proudman.
https://goodlaw.social/o3de
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CARE International UK
26 days ago
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.
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Lily OâFarrell
26 days ago
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
28 days ago
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.
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New Humanist
about 1 month ago
How Afghan women were abandoned in the aftermath of August's deadly earthquake
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The Afghan women left to die
Without female doctors, women in Afghanistan are being denied medical care â as the recent earthquake made painfully clear
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6485/the-afghan-women-left-to-die
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INQUEST
about 1 month ago
đ¨ NEW REPORT: Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives From 2018â24, 59 people died in womenâs 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 womenâs imprisonment.
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Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives
3 December 2025
https://www.inquest.org.uk/built-to-harm-report
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from âserial liarâ trope in legal shake-up
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Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from âserial liarâ trope in legal shake-up
Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reports Rape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up âin a generationâ, the Guardian can reveal. New measures will stop the âprofound injusticeâ of victims being questioned, sometimes without warning, about past rapes that they have reported to the police, said David Lammy, the justice secretary. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/02/rape-victims-england-wales-protected-serial-liar-trope-legal-shake-up?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Ms. Magazine
about 1 month ago
For many immigrant families, caregiving is an act of love passed down through generationsâyet in the U.S., the lack of paid leave, affordable elder care and basic support makes it nearly impossible to sustain.
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Caregiving Is Extremely Difficult in America. It Doesnât Have to Be This Way.
For many immigrant families, caregiving is an act of love. In the U.S., a lack of paid leave, affordable care and support makes it impossible.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/11/25/caregiving-mom-elder-care-childcare-immigrant-asian-women/
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Center for Reproductive Rights Europe
about 1 month ago
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.
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EVAW Coalition
about 1 month ago
đŤ What a night celebrating the journalists and writers showing excellence in reporting on violence against women! âď¸ Read about how their work is making a difference to collective attitudes and awareness - moving us towards accountability and prevention.
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Winners announced: Write to End Violence Against Women Awards 2025 | End Violence Against Women
Last night (27th November 2025)Â the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) held its annual Write to End Violence Against Women Awards which recognise excellence in reporting on violence against ...
https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/winners-announced-write-to-end-violence-against-women-awards-2025/
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Center for Countering Digital Hate
about 1 month ago
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 itđ
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Violence against women and girls online: explained
Social media platforms are enabling violence against women and girls (VAWG) online. Hereâs how.
https://counterhate.com/blog/violence-against-women-and-girls-online-explained/?content=explainer&utm_campaign=explainer&utm_source=bs_organic&utm_medium=social
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The Conversation UK
about 1 month ago
Women in public life often experience gendered behaviour but are punished for pointing it out.
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âMansplainingâ is different from other criticism â and Rachel Reeves is right to call it out
Women in public life often experience gendered behaviour but are punished for pointing it out.
https://tcnv.link/5pN2ONd
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
âI didnât even know this type of attack existedâ: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
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âI didnât even know this type of attack existedâ: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/26/women-allege-drugging-by-senior-french-civil-servant?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764166676
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New CPS data links vast majority of stalking and image-based sexual abuse charges to domestic abuse
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Plan International
about 1 month ago
âFor 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 detailâitâs a direct threat to their futures." Read more on our reaction to the outcome of
#COP30
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plan-international.org/news/2025/11...
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COP30 has left children without the protection they need - Plan International
Despite the scale and urgency of climate impacts on the worldâs most vulnerable communities, and despite widespread calls from youth, civil society, and frontline nations, COP30 delivered no significa...
https://plan-international.org/news/2025/11/24/cop30-has-left-children-without-the-protection-they-need/
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Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA)
about 2 months ago
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 âŹď¸
www.independent.co.uk/money/tsb-re...
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Young adults less likely to spot economic abuse red flags, says charity
Some 7% of people surveyed did not recognise any of the examples of economic abuse given or were not sure.
https://www.independent.co.uk/money/tsb-research-business-ipsos-b2868718.html
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Jolyon Maugham KC
about 2 months ago
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.
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
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Nearly half of sexually active young people in UK have experienced strangulation, study shows
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex * âI think itâs naturalâ: why has sexual choking become so prevalent among young people? More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either been strangled or strangled someone during sex, research has found, despite the serious dangers of the practice. âChokingâ, as it is commonly known, has become normalised in young peopleâs sexual habits, the study by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (Ifas) showed, with 43% of sexually active 16- and 17-year-olds having experienced it. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/18/sexually-active-young-people-uk-choking-strangulation-sex?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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about 2 months ago
Landmark verdict on abuse-related suicides in Michelle Sparmanâs 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...
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Amnesty UK Feminists
about 2 months ago
Please stop glossing over male violence in headlines.
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The News Agents
about 2 months ago
"The public needs to see the videos, and photos, I believe the FBI has â 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
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âEpstein emails donât tell the full story - the public needs to see the FBIâs videos and photosâ | The News Agents
The White House claims the Epstein Files are a âmanufactured hoaxâ â ahead of a House of Representatives vote on releasing the documents. If Trump and his team are so sure of his innocence, why is heâŚ
https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/epstein-emails-dont-tell-the-full-story-the-public-needs-to-see-the-fbis-videos-5HjdMnL_2/
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Two-thirds of women in UK military sexually harassed at work in the past year, new MoD survey finds.
#VAWG
#sexism
#misogyny
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Plan International
about 2 months ago
đ¨ 1 in 3 children have been asked for sexual images by someone they met online (Thorn, 2025) Itâs time for global, coordinated investments to drive systemic change.
#SafeOnline
#SafeDigitalFutures
Learn more:
safeonline.global/financing-fo...
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Sky News
about 2 months ago
Women share stories from life in UK care system
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Women share stories from life in UK care system
Gemma says she was "constantly moved around" when she was in care.
https://news.sky.com/story/bluesky-13468758
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
Female politicians such as Mexicoâs Claudia Sheinbaum face âbacklash driven by discriminationâ
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Female politicians such as Mexicoâs Claudia Sheinbaum face âbacklash driven by discriminationâ
Assault on Mexican president highlights abuse faced by women in politics and âreinforces patriarchal boundariesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/female-politicians-such-as-mexicos-claudia-sheinbaum-face-backlash-driven-by-discrimination?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762938939
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Sussex Bylines
about 2 months ago
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayedâs Harrods empire are discovering what âno one is above the lawâ really means | "Isabella"
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When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayedâs Harrods empire are discovering what âno one is above the lawâ really means
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/human-rights/when-power-is-untouchable-the-legal-abyss-facing-harrods-survivors/?fsp_sid=1598
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The Conversation UK
2 months ago
Women can bring a leadership style that can really benefit organisations that are in trouble.
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Why women land top jobs in struggling organisations â they may just be better in a crisis
Women can bring a leadership style that can really benefit organisations that are in trouble.
https://tcnv.link/7vpCOur
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NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly)
about 2 months ago
Ending Gender-Based Violence Is PossibleâIf We Choose to Do the Work: "Survivor-centered systems make cultural change sustainable by ensuring survivors can rebuild their lives with dignity."
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Ending Gender-Based Violence Is PossibleâIf We Choose to Do the Work - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a crisis. But, in tandem, a cultural shift, systemic change, and philanthropic transformation can help.
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/ending-gender-based-violence-is-possible-if-we-choose-to-do-the-work/
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Context Newsroom
2 months ago
"Wherever systems collapse and lawlessness grows, girlsâ bodies become battlefields, and their futures the collateral damage." âď¸ Reena Ghelani, CEO at Plan International, writes for Context. đ
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+972 Magazine
2 months ago
In a tent in central Gaza, a womenâs film festival is born Held over six days last week, the inaugural International Festival for Women's Cinema was âan affirmation that Gaza loves life despite the genocide.â Ibtisam Mahdi reports.
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In a tent in central Gaza, a womenâs film festival is born
Held over six days last week, the inaugural International Festival for Women's Cinema was âan affirmation that Gaza loves life despite the genocide.â
https://www.972mag.com/gaza-international-womens-film-festival-hind-rajab/
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On the 75th anniversary of the European Convention,
@libertyhq.bsky.social
and womenâs 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...
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The Conversation UK
2 months ago
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
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Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
https://tcnv.link/mEQPUoI
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EVAW Coalition
2 months ago
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. đŁ We join 300 orgs calling on govt to defend our rights!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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