The Pope’s meeting with Al-Azhar this week may create goodwill at a high-level, but on the ground, the situation for Copts is different.
Recent attacks on Copts cannot be understood exclusively as militant resistance to authoritarianism in Egypt.
Edited by Sabrina Mahfouz, this timely collection of essays, plays, short stories and poetry celebrates the creativity and diversity of British Muslim women.
What should the nuclear ban treaty include – and what difference does it make, if nuclear-armed governments refuse to join the talks?
Those who want to help migrant women access justice must listen to them, and their concerns and priorities.
This former site of state violence against women must be reclaimed – for the collective good.
Recent bombings mark a new era in the religious targeting of Copts – one which is qualitatively different from previous patterns of sectarian violence.
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Ignoring protests from the US, UK and some NATO countries, two-thirds of UN member states appear determined to conclude a nuclear ban treaty this year.
Cordelia Fine talks about her new book – and how viewing risk as a “male” characteristic can mean we overlook risks to women’s lives.
Women accessing HIV care services in the UK report being told to use separate cutlery, being refused help to shower, and having visitors being told by care workers not to associate with them.
