Black women were disproportionately jailed and mistreated in London’s infamous Holloway prison. This is an edited extract from “Bad Girls, A History of Rebels and Renegades”.
A regressive law to boost the population has restricted the reproductive choices and rights of all Iranian women. Though some suffer more than others.
Los cuerpos, el trabajo y el conocimiento de las mujeres mayas han sido explotados durante siglos. Es una vieja historia, ahora con un giro neoliberal. English.
Mayan women’s bodies, labour and knowledge have been exploited for centuries. This is an old story, with a neoliberal twist. Español.
The senate votes this week on a potentially groundbreaking bill to legalise voluntary abortion. Opponents include some doctors and health facilities
From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable.
Ordo Iuris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist network. How has it gained so much political power?
Anti-abortion and anti-LGBT ‘extremists’ attended a high-level summit on religious freedom this week, where government officials explained how to access US funding
From Uruguay to Chile, medical staff are refusing to provide abortion services even after legalisation Español
Thousands plan to march in London on Friday and also raise awareness of impacts of government policies on vulnerable women in the UK.
The changing religious landscape in this historically Catholic country has not been good news for women, who live under one of the world’s harshest anti-abortion laws Español
There will be hard times ahead in Italy, unless you are a heterosexual, cisgendered, white man. The new families minister opposes abortion, immigration and LGBTI rights.
