UK Abortion Rights: A Win for Sanity and Humanity
House of Commons hands a major victory to pro-choice parties, passing an amendment establishing buffer zones outside abortion clinics in England and Wales. While access to abortion services, free of harassment, abuse, and political and judicial nefarious interference, appears to be becoming a more difficult endeavor in nations across the globe, there are…
Impact Of Climate Change On Inequalities In Africa
A series of serious climatic crises have resulted from the relentless global warming attacks that have plagued Earth and its inhabitants over the past ten years. Human actions, particularly the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, have been linked to these attacks. As a result, between 2011 and 2020, greenhouse gas emissions reached…
From Iran to France: When will Men Stop Telling Women How to Dress?
The recent unrest and demonstration in Iran followed by the death of Mahsa Amini under the custody of moral police invoke the age-old debate on what and how women should wear. The 22-year-old woman was arrested by the moral police for allegedly violating the dress code for women. Be it the mandatory dress code in Iran,…
US Abortion Rights: Republicans Reject Reason & Embrace Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy appears to be a characteristic that many politicians, the world over, have enthusiastically adopted, whether due to the knowledge that such a lack of integrity would not harm them politically or by sheer ignorance or greed. For the purposes of this piece, however, let’s narrow our focus to The US Republican Party’s Senator from…
Feminism and the Advocacy of Women’s Rights: Why Are these Relevant Today?
Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. The term “feminism” was first used in the late 19th century in association with…
Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Spain: Consent is Key
Consent is key. While a purportedly obvious statement, on the other hand, the explicit nature of the phrase appears lost on certain people. For the purposes of this article, I refer to certain parties in the Spanish Judiciary. The Wolf Pack In 2016, an 18 year old woman was raped by five men in the…
Women and War: Abandoned Figures
What is the first thing we think about when we hear something about war? Most likely, thoughts about weapons, soldiers, explosions, blood, and death pop into our heads. War is a ‘traditionally’ male occupation. Men defend their own lands or attack others. They protect their families, mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters. They might fight for…
US Abortion Rights: Eureka! Comprehensive Action
After the initial inertia from the US Federal Government, in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the legal precedent that safeguarded bodily autonomy across the US; the Biden Administration initiated a range of steps in combating the pro-life movement’s continual push for an archaic land, void of reproductive rights. Also read: A Leap Backwards in…
8 Ways to Empower Women and Promote Equality in the Workplace
Women have made great strides in the workplace over the past few decades, but there is still a lot of work to be done to achieve equality. This blog post will discuss 8 ways business owners can empower women and promote equality in the workplace. These strategies can help create a more positive and productive work…
UK Abortion rights: The First Shots Fired
At a time when abortion rights are acutely under fire, it seems that the cowardly Conservative Party feels emboldened enough to reveal its true nature. That of an administration whose compassion towards those wishing to exercise their bodily autonomy, appears non-existent, as evidenced on the world stage recently. The international ministerial conference on freedom of religion…
