In a new press release, the Feminist Justice Coalition explains how Farah Damji, a 59‑year‑old woman held in the women’s estate, launched legal action against the Ministry of Justice. This comes after Farah was made to miss months of oncology appointments and was refused key scans and therapies.​ Farah has stage‑three HER2‑positive breast cancer and,…
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She Was Only Walking Home: What the Angiolini Inquiry’s New Report Tells Us About Women’s Safety
The Angiolini Inquiry’s new Part 2 First Report, published on 2 December, is a stark reminder of a truth women already know in their bones: public spaces still don’t belong to us. Four years after the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Metropolitan Police officer, this report asks a deceptively simple…
On average, a woman is killed every three days and that nearly 900 women were victims of domestic homicide over the last ten years, most killed by a current or former partner.​ This International Women’s Day, the UK government has restated their target of halving violence against women and girls in the UK within the…
Release on temporary licence (RoTL) for women in prison is supposed to be part of their resettlement and rehabilitation. They can access resettlement leave to maintain contact with their children, especially their young children. In addition, women are allowed to apply for a special purpose licence (SPL) to leave prison to attend urgent medical appointments. …
As vigils were held across the country for all those who have suffered gendered and domestic violence on the 25th of November, a change started in the tech world. Ofcom have taken decisive action against the internet’s culture of misogyny and published a set of guidelines for tech companies with the aim of making the…
Important announcement on the View Magazine The View Magazine's editorial board has decided to dissolve the limited company and CIC, which was guaranteed by shares and registered as a Community Interest Company with Companies House in England and Wales. The CIC regulator claims to have received complaints about the campaigning activities of the View Magazine…
Frida Kahlo, icon and artist, is once again making headlines. Her 1940 self-portrait, El Sueño/La Cama, has just sold for a record-breaking $54.7m. This makes it the most expensive artwork by a woman or a Latin American sold at auction. The new top sale price smashes the previous record for an artwork by a woman,…
Shabana Mahmood is on a campaign of the News studios and comment pages highlighting her dedication and commitment to ending migration in all its forms in the UK. As of 17th November, Labor is languishing in YouGov polls at 14%. The Labor Party is desperately worried about its poor polling results and is trying to…
Karnataka, a southern Indian state, is the first in India to legalise paid menstrual leave across both the public and private sectors, providing women with the option to take one day of paid leave each month. Whilst other Indian states, such as Bihar and Odisha, offer limited menstrual leave to employees of certain sectors, Karnataka…
HMP & YOI Eastwood Park, the women’s prison in Gloucestershire, is once again under the spotlight, and for all the wrong reasons. An unannounced inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) from 17 June to 3 July 2025, published on 22 September 2025, reveals a distressing environment of self-harm, violence, and despair. Although Chief…