The play, Piece of Silk, is a powerful study of the experiences of women survivors of domestic abuse – an experience that knows no ethnic, national or class boundaries. This review by Marion Bowman was first posted on 50:50, on Open…
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Earlier this year a social documentary workshop was held in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso by Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy and the films made at the workshop – looking at sexual abuse, prostitution and health – have just been put on up on the internet. In…
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The Spanish government wants to turn back the clock on abortion rights in Spain, where currently women have a right to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy up to 14 weeks. But there is a growing campaign by…
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The death of writer and activist Nawal el Saadawi has just been announced. In 2015 I interviewed her at a conference organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Right Organisation for Pod Academy. Typically, and at 84 years old, she had stopped off at the Occupy encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral on her way from the airport, before coming on to the conference.
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