When US President Donald Trump tweeted this photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing purposely tall in a room full of men, he intended to use it as evidence of her being “unhinged”. In…
Youngest person and second woman ever wins Nobel Prize for Economics
Esther Duflo has become both the youngest person and just the second woman ever to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in its fifty year history, and declared she hopes to inspire more women into the fi…
Elizabeth Warren isn’t alone: Millions of women have experienced pregnancy discrimination
Thousands of women globally have used social media to share their own stories of pregnancy discrimination in light of US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own declaration that she was subjected to this…
Grassroots women won’t be left behind in reducing disaster risks
For many of the women ActionAid works with, natural disasters have become a disturbingly common occurrence that threatens their lives, their communities and their traditional way of life. Changes in c…
The US Supreme Court is considering LGBTQ+ rights in landmark cases
Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court heard three cases whose stories could change American discrimination law entirely, on what will be one of the most important days in LGBTQ+ history. LGBTQ+ righ…
Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women’s rights after being kept awake by worries
High profile philanthropist, Melinda Gates has pledged a huge $1 billion to furthering gender equality and building the power and influence of women across the United States. In an opinion piece penne…
The politics of women’s clothing
Last month I wrote about the Iranian law which requires women to wear head coverings, and it got me thinking. Globally, daily, women are still subject to victim-blaming, criticism, slut-shaming, haras…
Two women, one school girl and three world leaders clutching at straws
Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have faced very different questions about their actions in leadership this week, but all three have resorted to clutching at straws in order to deflect f…
‘Needless anxiety’ Scott Morrison’s dismissal of Greta Thunberg is truly staggering
On Monday, while 16-year old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered a blistering speech to the UN Summit on Climate Change, Australia’s Prime Minister was at a Chicago McDonald’s checki…
‘No one is above the law’: Nancy Pelosi announces Donald Trump impeachment inquiry
“The President must be held accountable. No-one is above the law,” the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Washington upon announcing an official impeachment inquiry i…
