News & Views ‘We want our future back’: why girl activists are leading the climate movement Climate change is not fair. It has disproportionate impacts on those of us who are especially vulnerable: children and particularly girls.
Uncategorised New allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh Over the weekend, The NYTimes released fresh allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh. Since then, a wave of calls for his impeachment.
News & Views Greta Thunberg sails off the haters to arrive safely in New York After an epic 14 day voyage across the Atlantic, sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York earlier today.
Uncategorised G7: This picture says it all about the severe underrepresentation of one half of the population 24 of the world’s biggest economic and political agitators at the G7. Only one woman has managed to represent more than half the world.
Leadership G7 leaders urged to implement feminist foreign policies & ditch gender discrimination Over the weekend, G7 leaders were urged to get rid of discriminatory gender laws that remain in their statute books and implement feminist foreign policies.
News & Views The Amazon is burning at a record rate. There are many reasons to pay attention Greed, a far-right presidency, droughts, climate change. We have many reasons to pay attention to the Amazon right now. But will we?
News & Views How nationalism is fuelling xenophobia and white supremacy A correlation between Trump’s divisive anti-immigrant rhetoric and a groundswell of white supremacist incidents is starting to emerge.
Leadership Meet 5 women leading on humanitarian work who share their average day and ideas for you to get involved Each year, a designated theme is selected to focus the public’s attention on humanitarians. In 2019, World Humanitarian Day is themed “Women Humanitarians.”
News & Views Detained women’s rights activist Loujain al-Halthloul chooses to be tortured rather than lie The Saudi government arrested women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul a year ago for speaking out against the country’s laws.
News & Views The extraordinary courage of humanitarian lawyer Rabia Siddique Rabia Siddique shared her extraordinary story of abuse, discrimination & trauma. Her message is powerful: change requires a single person.
News & Views UK MP Caroline Lucas proposes an emergency all-female cabinet UK MP Caroline Lucas has written an open letter to a cross-party group calling for a cabinet of women to stop a ‘disastrous’ no-deal Brexit.
News & Views Donald Trump: Video games, internet & mental illness – not guns – to blame for mass shootings According to President Trump, the cause of the mass shootings over the weekend in the U.S is not guns, but “the glorification of violence” and video games.