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UN commission to bring life saving supplies to women in developing world
Kate Townshend WVoN co-editor UNICEF and the United Nations Population fund have joined forces to launch a new commission aimed at improving access to vital health supplies for women and children...
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Castro says the world needs more women in politics
Alice Rodgers WVoN co-editor Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, has said that the world would be a better place if there were more women in politics. In an essay entitled ‘Sweetened Realities...
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Afghan police question school workers about suspected poisoning
Jale Ari WVoN co-editor Two school caretakers are being questioned by police in Afghanistan after 171 women and girls were admitted to hospital on Tuesday with suspected poisoning, according to CNN....
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Obama raises issue of women’s empowerment at G-8 summit
Brogan Driscoll WVoN co-editor President Obama raised the issue of women’s empowerment at Saturday’s G-8 summit at the Camp David presidential retreat in western Maryland. As leaders joined to...
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Female farmworkers defenceless against sexual harassment in US
Alice Rodgers WVoN co-editor Female farmworkers in the United States experience frequent sexual assault and violence, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. Entitled “Cultivating Fear: The...
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Cherie Blair tells young women to be financially self-reliant
Sarah Graham WVoN co-editor Women need to support themselves financially, the founder and patron of the Cherie Blair foundation said last week, when speaking to an audience of young women in North...
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BMW gives cars to male rowers but not female rowers
Alexandra Morgan WVoN co-editor A row over sexism has broken out on Twitter, after it emerged that 12 male Olympic rowers, including silver medallists Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase, had received BMW...
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UK cabinet reshuffled against women
Sarah McAlpine WVoN co-editor UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, reshuffled his cabinet yesterday in a series of moves widely considered have the hand of George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at...
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Women over 50 hit hardest by government spending cuts
Older women are being hit hardest by the government’s austerity measures, according to research carried out by the Labour Party. Women as a whole have suffered most from government spending cuts, but...
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Afghani family behead daughter-in-law
An Afghani family has murdered their daughter-in-law for refusing to work as a prostitute. In Herat province, 20-year-0ld Mahgul was beheaded after her mother-in-law attempted to make her sleep with a...
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Are men doing it too?
New projects are providing alternatives to “sexy” images of women. Are men doing it? That question is posed by Caitlin Moran in her book ‘How to Be a Woman’ and The Hawkeye Initiative (THI) as a quick...
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Are women already on the front line?
While some debate whether women should have combat roles on the front line, others argue they are already there. Lance Corporal Abbie Martin recently won the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service...
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More women wanted in manufacturing
The EEF has called for more women to join the manufacturing industry. The manufacturers’ organisation highlighted the lack of women working in manufacturing in its first ever ‘FTSE 100 – Women in...
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STEM jobs for women make economic sense
Leaders in science and technology push for more visible female role models. Leaders in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fields of work are finally beginning to see positive change in...
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No more women on English currency?
The Bank of England announced it will replace the only woman on English currency with Churchill. The Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announced on 26 April that the current five pound note...
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Women ‘needed in work’
The Women’s Business Council believes a shortage of women in work is holding back the UK economy. In a government-backed report published on 4 June, the Women’s Business Council (WBC) has claimed that...
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Women badly affected by spending cuts
Women are the hardest hit by the coalition government’s austerity measures, say critics. Data published by the Local Government Association shows that the number of women working in local government...
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Numbers of female breadwinners rise
Research indicates necessity rather than choice. The number of working mothers has increased by one million since 1997, with more than 2.2 million now the main wage-earner in their family. Initially...
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Women in quagmire of gender bias at work
New figures show bonus and flexitime disparity on top of the continued pay gap. Nothing puts a damper on the annual back-to-school-and-work energy of early autumn better than a new batch of statistics...
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Who’s in and who’s out?
In short? Not much change at the top after an autumn reshuffle. However, with a number of women promoted to mid-level ministerial positions, (whisper it) there is the potential for change on a grander...
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