Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
This year we are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of some women getting the vote, achieving a step to independence for the first time.
We are also appreciating and realising the struggle that these mostly working class women went through to achieve the vote.
Arrests, hunger strikes, force-feeding, sexual assault and insults such as “women wouldn’t know what to do with the vote if they got it.”
After achieving the vote, women proved their doubters wrong and have since been a force to be reckoned with. Women were in some respects on the road to achieving equality and this reflected somewhat in society.
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East


