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The Lionesses Roar: What Next for Equality in Football?
Carrie Dunn, author of a history of women’s football, speaks to experts about gender equality in the sport – and finds that the issues within the game are found across society
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Why Boycotting Turkey should be a Feminist Demand
The feminist movement must show sisterhood with the Rojava Women’s Revolution against Turkish repression, argues Rahila Gupta
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Truss’ Plans for EU Laws Follow a Pattern of Attacks on Women’s Economic Security
12 years of austerity, a lack of investment in care, and the rising cost of living have harmed women’s economic security – now Truss’ Brexit plans risk continuing that trend, argues Sian Norris
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Kenya’s Pro-Choice Movement Faces Emboldened Threats in a Post-Roe World
Reporting from the ground in Nairobi, Kenya, Sian Norris meets the pro-abortion activists fighting for reproductive healthcare in East Africa – and exposes the forces determined to stop them
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‘We Have Lost Hope in Life’: Hiding From The Taliban
Nine months after first reporting her story, Sian Norris speaks to an Afghan women’s rights activist in hiding and still hoping to flee to the UK
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Feminist Bodies or Feminist Minds in the Conservative Leadership Contest
Sian Norris asks whether the symbolic representation of a female-dominated leadership race will translate to substantive representation of women’s concerns
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Migrant Women Charged £29,000 for Abortion Services Since 2017
In an exclusive investigation, Sian Norris reports how migrant women subject to NHS charges have had to pay to access abortion, while other family planning services are free
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Misogyny and White Supremacy: The Far Right Reaction to Supreme Court Abortion Decision
Groups linked to Trump and the 6 January attempted insurrection were exultant over the overruling of Roe v Wade, report Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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Born in the USA: The Americanisation of Reactionary Politics in the UK
From dark money think tanks to health privatisation, the influence of the American right on British politics is greater than we think, says Rachel Morris
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The Conservative MPs Trying to Follow the US in Cutting Abortion Rights
A chunk of Boris Johnson’s party – including some of his own ministers – want to turn the clock back on women’s abortion rights
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Emboldened Opposition and a Galvanised Movement: What the End of Roe v Wade Means for Abortion Around the World
The overturning of the seminal 1973 ruling by the US Supreme Court has been met with a mixed reaction by pro-abortion activists globally, reports Sian Norris
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The End of Roe v Wade is Just the Beginning
The decision to overturn the landmark 1973 ruling will strip human rights from millions of women and girls and threatens the rights of minority groups across the US
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‘If I Had Raped Her, I Would have At Least Remembered It’: Inside the Westminster Sexual Misconduct Scandal
An environment of hyper-masculinity, a culture of staying silent to advance and protect careers and a backlash against the ‘Me Too’ movement – Adam Bienkov, Sian Norris and Sascha Lavin lift the lid on an endemic crisis at the heart of British politics
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What Depp v Heard Tells Us About Toxic Fandom
Networked harassment, parasocial relationships and good old fashioned misogyny have all turned a domestic abuse into a spectator sport as part of the #MeToo backlash, says Sian Norris
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Mainstreamed White Supremacy Sits Behind Social Media Hate of Kamala Harris
A new report reveals the horrifying abuse sent on Twitter to America’s first woman of colour Vice President – but such racist hate is becoming normalised in the US
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What the Controversial Conservative American Conference in Hungary Tells Us About the New Far-Right
Out of the shadows and into the mainstream, Sian Norris examines the line-up of right-wing politicians and far-right activists at a controversial conference in Hungary
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Groped, Taunted and Followed Home: The Legal Observers of Protests Targeted by Officers for Peacefully Policing the Police
Josiah Mortimer digs into a shocking new report on the challenges faced by those trying to defend our right to protest
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‘A Sense That Rape is Decriminalised’: New Data Reveals Ongoing Crisis for Rape Victims
A new investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals that fewer men are being convicted for sexual offences – a crime that impacts on one in five women
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The Long Backlash Against Abortion in America
The draft decision to overturn Roe v Wade mirrors historical backlashes against abortion rights, and is fuelled by an emboldened and wealthy far-right, say Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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64 Million US Women and Girls Could Soon Live in American States with No Access to Abortion
Data analysis by Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda reveals who will be worst impacted by the Supreme Court’s leaked opinion to overturn Roe versus Wade
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How Boris Johnson has Spread and Benefitted From Deeply Sexist Attitudes in Politics
The Prime Minister has pushed sexist tropes about women – while being given a free pass by those parts of the press which also trade in them, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Mail Order Bride Sites Exploiting War in Ukraine to Find Women
In an exclusive undercover investigation, Sian Norris discovers how websites advertising mail order brides are using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to drum up business
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Male, Pale and Colonial: Russell Group Universities Dominated by Named Buildings Reflective of a Bygone Era
Max Colbert investigates the backgrounds of those commemorated on leading university campuses
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The Red States’ War on Human Rights
From abortion bans to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills and attacks on critical race theory, the Republicans are waging a war against human rights, reports Heidi Siegmund Cuda
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The Rwanda Scheme: The Human Rights Concerns Around Government’s Transportation Deal
The plan to send people seeking asylum who arrive via ‘irregular’ routes in the UK to Rwanda has raised numerous human rights concerns – not least for LGBTIQ people and pregnant women
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‘Boys are Going to School and we Are Not – It’s Injustice’: The Taliban’s Impact on Afghan Women’s Education
Aaquib Khan pays another visit to a women’s education institute in Kandahar and learns about the reversal in rights and empowerment girls are facing living in the country under Taliban rule
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Why I’m Scared To Open Instagram Message Requests
A new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found women are being targeted with misogynistic abuse on Instagram’s direct message function – something Sian Norris knows all too well
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Forced Marriage is Not Being Taken Seriously in the UK
Despite progress on legislation, forced marriage remains a hidden crime – with victims dismissed for ‘cultural’ reasons, says survivor Aklima Bibi
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Conservative MP Takes £22,000 Second Job For American Group Linked to Anti-Abortion Campaigns
The backlash over the secondary employment of MPs rolls on, as Sam Bright and Sian Norris reveal the lucrative role of one backbench Conservative
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IWD: Thousands of NHS Staff Harassed by Patients
Exclusive data collated by the Byline Intelligence Team shows that NHS staff are routinely sexually harassed by patients – with reports of inappropriate touching, assault and indecent exposure
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IWD: Victims of Sexual Exploitation Referred to Immigration Enforcement
This International Women’s Day, the Byline Intelligence Team reveal the number of women and girls victimised by sexual exploitation being reported to the Home Office, instead of for help
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‘Girls in Afghanistan Have Power’
In an exclusive interview with a member of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team who fled the country in the summer, Byline Times can reveal how an inspiring new project that will help Afghan girls achieve their dreams
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Birth Rates, Babies and Benefits
There’s been much talk about falling birth rates from all sides of the political spectrum – but the elephant in the nursery is the Conservatives’ record on benefit cuts
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Rump Trumpocracy? The Conservative Party at the Heritage Foundation
Oliver Dowden is the latest Conservative MP to address the Heritage Foundation – an organisation accused of tampering with democracy and undermining women’s rights
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‘Keep Watch Over Us’ – A Plea from the Women Abandoned in Afghanistan
Meet eight Afghan women still fighting for their rights in face of Taliban repression. Interviews and photos by Angelo Calianno
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‘A Life-Threatening Situation’: How Prison Fails Mothers and Children
Three years after a parliamentary committee recommended the Ministry of Justice records how many mothers are in prison, the National Audit Office criticises lack of progress on supporting female offenders, including lack of data collection on women with dependant children
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‘The Met’s Reputation is More Important than My Safety’: Can the Sarah Everard Murder Inquiry Rebuild Women’s Trust in Policing?
Women’s groups have raised concerns that the narrow confines of the Angiolini Inquiry – combined with a failure to grapple with women’s safety – means lessons won’t be learned
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Insurrection at the Capitol – One Year On: How the Far-Right Won on Abortion
Sian Norris and Heidi Siegmund Cuda examine how far-right aims on abortion expressed by the ‘mob’ at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 have become the policy of the Republican elite
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part One
Brexit, Coronavirus, insurrection – the first five months of the year were packed with concerning developments on many fronts
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Nearly Two-Thirds of Prison Staff Guilty of Sexual Harassment Kept their Jobs
After exposing the number of police officers found guilty of sexual misconduct who kept their jobs, Sascha Lavin investigates sexual harassment in the prison system for the Byline Intelligence Team
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This Is My Proof: How Women Are Processing Violence and Domestic Abuse Through Art
With women facing a crisis of justice when it comes to gender-based violence, survivors are turning to creative ways to process trauma and tell their own stories
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The ‘Hostile Environment’ Continues: Home Office Rejects ‘Firewall’ for Migrant Victims of Abuse
Migrant women in abusive relationships fear that reporting abuse to the police will lead to their data being shared with immigration enforcement – leaving them trapped in dangerous homes, reports Sian Norris
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How The Great Replacement Went Mainstream
The far-right conspiracy theory has jumped off the dark web message boards and into political parties around Europe
