Reintegrating Yazidi women and girls back into the community
By Asha Kaushal In the centre of Lalish, Iraq, home to the holiest temple in the Yazidi faith, is a small pool of water...
The true cost of fresh cut flowers, and what we can do to shop more sustainably
By Shefali Shah In the lead up to Mother’s Day, UK consumers spent more than £1billion on fresh cut flowers in 2019. The scale...
Globalisation: The new battleground for women’s rights
States increasingly rely on standardised political and economic regulation to attract new trading and investment streams. Optimists believe that this contact between developed and...
‘Boys will be boys’: an update on women’s rights in India
In his 15 August Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged how the recent spate of appalling rapes occurring on Indian soil has made...
After the Spring: the regression of women’s rights in Egypt
Following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Continuing political instability in Egpyt has thrown women’s liberties into a state of limbo. Amy fleming...