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Fearless women’s rights campaigner who refused to be silenced
From factory walkouts to genital mutilation, Hannah Dawson offers a multiplicity of writings on this divisive discourse
Feminists protesting at high rates of femicide and misogyny see little hope of change
Priya Ramani had accused a BJP minister of sexual misconduct
Activists are trying to challenge predatory behaviour 10 years after regional uprisings raised hopes of substantial change
Recent events are a violent reminder of how the rhetoric of conflict can spill into the real world
Despite biographical gaps, the intellectual seriousness and extraordinary resilience of the 18th-century philosopher shines through
She has put a near-fatal fall and surfing misogyny behind her to claim a record
‘Before the protests, I was a person with a life and a job. I was a law-abiding citizen who trusted the state’
Female leaders and activists spearhead change in central and eastern Europe
Fury over a new memorial suggests we want feminists firmly costumed in the past or infantilised and unthreatening
Hundreds come forward with stories of sexual misconduct by powerful men
Covid-19 has exacerbated gender inequality in a country where it was already rife
The auto-fiction writer on the thrill of #MeToo after a lifetime fighting male dominance in French literature
The Virago founder on empire and injustice, her Booker ‘wobbly’ — and why she wishes she had never come to Britain
Decades on, full female equality is still elusive — so what should women be doing about it?
The UK has so few black female professors that their portraits all fit into a new exhibition
A leading feminist writer reflects on the importance of storytelling in the drive for equality
Released in 1987, ‘Turning the Tables’ explored women’s complicated relationship with food using recipes from Angela Carter, Julie Christie and Miriam Margolyes, among others
How prejudice and discrimination blocked women’s access to jobs deemed only for men
What a fictionalised online performance revealed about the way we view women online
Persistent sexism is intertwined with France’s culture, education and structures
The writer on race, identity and the ‘quiet power’ of being an activist
Footage prompts outpouring of #MeToo stories and protests outside parliament
Women’s shifting role in film, by the feminist critic who coined the term ‘male gaze’
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