Michael Gove's critics have been accused of blindly slating anything he proposes without fully listening. Yet this latest policy, grounded in a blind obsession with a return to the 'good old days' of education, could trap the next generation of teenagers within discriminatory structures that have
Recognition that identity politics had immobilised and fragmented the women's movement has driven the search for diversity among young feminists. Rahila Gupta asks: Who can, should and does the women’s movement speak for?
Internationally, we should all be concerned by how the unifying discourse of the 99% occludes important differences amongst political, economic, and socially disaffected peoples that the OWS brand can never fully capture.
The NHS saved Roseline Akhalu's life. The Home Secretary is about to determine whether the Border Agency may end it.
Feminism is being used by some states as a political proxy to gloss over economic policies that hurt women, meanwhile, grass roots women’s rights activism is looking for new ways to reach parliament. Jennifer Allsopp reports from UK Feminista Summer School 2012
Civil society organisations in Catalonia have generated a feel-good and positive project, purging traditional pro-independence of its most strident anti-Spanish elements.
A former fighter who famously laid down his arms in a 2007 amnesty agreement, has been detained by the Palestinian Authority since May. A hunger strike to protest his detention without charge is threatening his life.
Pregnant women are being held in immigration detention by the British government, violating statutory legislation, and subjecting them to the use of force, says Natasha Tsangarides
Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East. Leading the week: Turning the tide on Egypt’s sinking book reading culture
The ideological aftermath of police attempts to narrate the Hillsborough disaster cannot be swept under the carpet. The disdain of Britain's institutions towards the nation's diverse public will remain in place as long as power remains trapped in the hands of an elite.
The utter disregard for women that austerity represents has galvanised and united women at a time where we are attacked from so many angles. But we are not only visible in response to austerity. There are explicitly feminist acts and discussions everywhere. There is no denying that we are making a
