Gender Equality

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"His success sends a message that you can boast about abusing women's bodily integrity and still become the most powerful man in the world"

Trump’s win shows how many men hate women

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Footballer Ched Evans arriving at Cardiff Crown Court

The Ched Evans case shows why we must start talking about consent

News

"There is a system-wide failure to recognise that, just because a relationship has ended, it does not mean the abuse has"

Government’s child maintenance reforms puts domestic abuse survivors at risk

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"New figures released this week show that 25 women in the city were murdered as a result of domestic violence in just 12 months."

With violence against women rising, these cuts will put lives at risk

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"It's a shocking story, but one which appears to be becoming more common"

Why are we so quick to make excuses for men who kill their families?

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"It's impossible to believe that the Home Office only locks up pregnant women in detention centres in exceptional circumstance"

Home Office forced to reveal pregnant women kept in immigration detention centres

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"Those in prostitution should be decriminalised. But the men - and it's almost always men - who create the demand and pay for sex should be criminalised"

Selling sex should be decriminalised – but we still need to crack down on the buyers

Featured

MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »