Russia’s Closet: The Politics Behind a Ban on Gay “Propaganda”
A draconian new law in St. Petersburg, Russia, bans any public talk of gay issues even on the Internet....
Author: Team FI
Face it Facebook: It’s Time to have Women on Board
Ultraviolet, a women’s rights group in the US, has launched a petition to convince Facebook to put women on...
Muslim Women’s Movement: Dismantling Patriarchy
The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan led by Muslim women, works towards the empowerment of Muslim women and diminishing the...
West Bengal: Women Say Not On Our Bodies Anymore
In West Bengal, violence against women has been trivialised into being ammunition for the power conflict between political parties...
Why all Men Should be Feminists
In a world of individual and collective practices and structures that militate against women, it is time men rebel...
Pioneering Feminist Poet and Activist Adrienne Rich is No More
Veteran feminist poet and political activist Adrienne Rich has passed away at her home in Santa Cruz, United States...
Recession in UK: Women bear the burden
Recession has hit women the hardest in UK. They face increased unemployment, reduced income and cuts in welfare and...
Global Health and Feminism
Feminism might be a taboo word within academic medicine, but it clearly has made an important contribution to global...
Union Budget 2012-2013: A gender audit
A gender audit of the current budget, to assess whether gender commitments have been converted into budgetary commitments by...