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14th July 2008 marks 150 years since the birth of Emmeline Pankhurst - the outspoken reformer committed to securing women’s suffrage in Britain. She was jailed on numerous occasions for her protests at the lack of political rights for women in the UK.
Universal suffrage in Britain was granted only in the year of Pankhurst’s death, [...]

Oh. Please. I can’t believe that this is even an issue. Can women do the job? Yes. Does God mind women? There isn’t a reason why he should - unless he’s still got hangups about that apple thing.
What need does the Almighty have for a gender anyway? Is he/she going to meet another single God? [...]

The designer Yves Saint Laurent has died in Paris at 71 years of age. He became chief designer at Dior at the early age of 21 after being spotted by Christian Dior four years earlier at a dress design competition. He was born in French-occupied Algeria and set the tone for 50’s fashion with the [...]

Every day for the last month or so, the British press has featured the Hilary vs Barack conetst in its top headlines. Not only is the coverage really, really boring but it is never put in context. The wider story of a build-up to a possible change of government features little. Any differences in policy [...]

According to independent research, apparently some women enjoy an occasional “shopping experience”.
We’re just putting the finishing touches on our Women’s Clothing Online Shop pages, and we need help: get on there and tell us what you like the look of, by rating and commenting on your favourite / least favourite products.
We’ve also included a few [...]

There’s a cold going round our house and, given the high levels of vitamin C in lemons, I decided to do some home-cooking. A mean feat for someone as haphazard as myself. If I can do it (without much of the appropriate equipment), so can you.

President Musharraf’s declaration of an emergency in Pakistan presents the West with effective blackmail. Ousting the President of Pakistan runs the risk of giving nuclear arms to extreme Islamists, another military despot or the descent of a restless and divided people into anarchy similar to that of Afghanistan. However, Musharraf’s flagrant disregard for his own [...]

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On Friday 26th October 2007, Around six hundred women walked up King William Street in Adelaide, Australia, to campaign for safety. “Reclaim the Night” is the slogan for a movement aiming to bring about a world in which women can move about freely during the night-time without fear of violence.
Banging drums [...]