Interview – Constanza Jorquera
Constanza Jorquera discusses China’s Indo-Pacific strategy, East Asian soft power, and feminist foreign policy.
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Interview – Shirin M. Rai
Shirin Rai reflects on feminist political economy, social reproduction, and climate change, tracing how capitalism and gendered labour shape inequality and everyday life.
ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work
Development charity’s new co-chairs signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in 1972 to long-term grassroots fundingChild sponsorship schemes that allow donors to handpick children to support in poor countries can carry racialise…
Review – Sick of It
Harman reveals how women’s health is politicised and neglected worldwide, linking healthcare inequality to power and paths forward for women globally.
An Introduction to Ecofeminist Thought for International Relations Students
Ecofeminism maintains that global environmental protection is possible because gender and patriarchy are social constructs.
Interview – Sharon Bong
Sharon Bong explores faith, feminism, and queerness in Southeast Asia, and calls for context-rooted rights activism that bridges religion, resistance, and belonging.
Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference
Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’Addressing dignitaries gathered in Beijing on Monday, Xi Jinping praised the “historic achievements” of women’s rights in China. In the pa…
Campaign for statue of British suffragette hero is hit by funding crisis
Organisers seek an extra £40,000 for a memorial to Mary Clarke, the first suffragette to die for women’s rights The campaign to commemorate the first suffragette to die for women’s rights is facing a funding crisis.Mary Clarke, who was the sister of Em…
‘A cultural embarrassment’: anger as male sculptor commissioned for statue of suffragist
Planning application reignites row over statue on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile of Elsie Inglis, Scottish suffragist and maternal health pioneerEdinburgh’s Royal Mile and its surrounding streets are not short of monuments. In a 30-minute round trip, visitors …
Hidden women: Madrid show puts forgotten artists in the picture
Maestras explores how talented female artists won recognition in their lifetimes, only to find their works written out of the canonWild festivals, exquisite fruit-bowls and unusually realistic renderings of motherhood and female friendship – not to men…