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Living With an Invisible Disability

“I have had a stroke, not a lobotomy.” With wit, honesty, and striking resilience, one woman shares her story of survival after a devastating brain injury, and the quiet battles that come with living in a world that can’t see your scars. In Living With an Invisible Disability, a senior civil servant from Guernsey recounts…

5 December 20250Comments

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Unequal Access, Uneven Outcomes: How Interventional Radiology Could Address Gender Inequity in Cancer Care

By 2040, more than six million people in England could face a cancer diagnosis; that’s one every two minutes. But as cancer rates rise, so too does the inequality in how patients are treated. In Unequal Access, Uneven Outcomes, Éva Malpass examines an emerging medical frontier that could change the future of cancer care, and…

4 December 20250Comments

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How Prison Leave For Prisoners is being abused by Governors

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. …

4 December 20250Comments

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Prison Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence: Cancer and Cruelty Behind Bars

Prison is meant to take away freedom, not life itself. Yet for many women behind bars in Britain, a cancer diagnosis becomes a slow and silent execution. Prison Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence: Cancer and Cruelty Behind Bars exposes the devastating reality of medical neglect faced by incarcerated women living with cancer. Through the harrowing…

3 December 20250Comments

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Ofcom: Women need to be better protected online

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…

3 December 20250Comments

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“Full of Practicality and Humanity”: Judith Moran on 150 Years of Quaker Social Action

Some organisations claim to be rooted in community. Quaker Social Action actually is, and has been for over 150 years. In this intimate and refreshingly honest interview, Judith Moran, QSA’s director, reflects on the charity’s long history, her own working-class upbringing, and why listening is still the most radical tool in social justice work. Growing…

2 December 20250Comments

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The View Magazine Spreads its Wings

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…

2 December 20250Comments

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Frida Kahlo self-portrait auction sold for $54.7m

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,…

29 November 20250Comments

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Shabana Mahmood and the Eff’ing P word

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…

27 November 20250Comments

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Menstrual leave legalised in Karnataka, India

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…

26 November 20250Comments

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