Post Tagged with: "Gender"

  • A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant And A Prayer – 26th March

    Passionate and crackling performances by Tony award winning author of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, actress and producer Trudie Styler, comedienne Meera Syal and more, in the West End premiere of A MEMORY, A MONOLOGUE, A RANT AND A PRAYER. A ground-breaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights’ […]

     
  • Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance: Sundays in the Square 11th March

    This week’s Sunday in Bloomsbury Square event has a 60s theme, linking in with the 1967 Abortion Act and the current threats to a woman’s right to choose. They’ll be there from 12pm with a stand, a banner, and some 60s themed music. There may even be some vaguely 60s-themed fancy dress! […]

     
  • Celebrating International Women’s Day in London

    Agnieszka Karch takes a look at International Women’s Day as it moves into its second century.   On the 8th of March, London will host a number of events in celebration of the 101st International Women’s Day. It will celebrate the diversity of London’s women, but also remind us of […]

     
  • Conference: Go Feminist! Tomorrow – Saturday 4th

    Saturday 4 February 2012 from 10am Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Go Feminist is the new UK conference about feminism. Our aim? To inspire feminist activism by providing a space for women to meet, discuss the issues they face, and share their ideas for creating change. Speakers include: Christel Querton, […]

     
  • Vacancies: Women’s Protection and Empowerment Advocate

    Job Title: Women’s Protection and Empowerment Advocate Working For: International Rescue Committee UK Salary: circa £40,791 Job Details: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading global humanitarian and post-conflict development organisation working in more than 40 conflict- and disaster-affected countries worldwide. IRC-UK – the European headquarters of the IRC […]

     
  • Video: What’s wrong with the Sex Education Bill? Kate Smurthwaite

    Big Smoke was lucky to catch the fantastic comedian and feminist Kate Smurthwaite earlier. We battled the rain and traffic noise to speak to her about Nadine Dorries’ ill fated ‘Sex Education Bill’. This is what she had to say;

     
  • “Ditching dieting” protesters march on Parliament

    Earlier today (Monday) dozens of women and a few men marched across Westminster Bridge to Parliament to support a campaign to “ditch dieting”. The protest, organised around the twitter hashtag #ditchingdieting aimed to “speak out against the misery caused by the diet industry”. Campaigners chanted “Say hey, say ho, BMI has […]

     
  • Muff Marchers take on Harley Street

    Today, Saturday 10th December, UK Feminista organised a “Muff March” to protest against a culture that drives women into having “cosmetic surgery” including so-called designer vaginas. The group encouraged women to attend saying “Tired of cosmetic surgeons profiting from body hatred? Want to speak out against a porn culture that is […]

     
  • Two vacancies at UK Feminista

    Two vancancies at UK Feminista   Project Manager: Policy and Campaigns About the role: The purpose of this role is to manage a unique, high profile project called ‘Building a Feminist Future’. The aim of the project is to develop public and political consensus around where feminism is, where we want […]

     
  • Friday teaser: how many…

    Without looking it up how many of London’s 24 female MPs can you name? To give you some clues there are 16 Labour, 6 Tories and 2 Liberal Democrats. I think this is genuinely impossible to know them all, I managed ten. An extra pat on the back if you […]