‘Giving women a voice may be our most significant achievement’

April 24th, 2013

Mumsnet co-founder Justine Roberts explains the site’s commitment to giving women access to free speech
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Why free speech is a feminist issue

March 8th, 2013

On International Women’s Day, Meredith Tax says censorship is too often overlooked in discussions on gender equality (more…)

Dictatorship: it’s a man’s game

March 8th, 2013

Lukashenko’s Belarus is a perfect example of the machismo and misogny at the heart of authoritarian regimes, says Maryna Koktysh (more…)

Jerusalem: Advertising firm refuses to run ads showing women on buses

December 20th, 2011

An advertising company in Jerusalem has refused to carry ads campaigning for women’s equality on their buses. Cnaan Advertising, the company responsible for adverts on buses rejected the advert campaign as they believe the buses will be vandalised by orthodox extremists . Cnaan Advertising demanded a financial guarantee of almost £8,500 from Yerushalmim, the movement responsible for the campaign, to run the adverts. In 2008, adverts featuring Yerushalmim head Rachel Azaria appeared on buses as part of her run for a seat on the city council, but since then, women have rarely appeared on bus advertisements.

Iran: World’s youngest blogger to be put on trial

November 22nd, 2010

An 18-year-old blogger and women’s rights activist arrested last September, has been now put on trial. Navid Mohebbi is charged with acting against national security, insulting the supreme leader, making propaganda against the state and supporting the One Million Signatures women’s rights campaign.“He hasn’t been convicted yet, but I fully expect a lengthy jail sentence. They are afraid of women, of journalists/bloggers and of youth”, Mohebbi’s lawyer stated.