Five rules for white feminists

What can white women do to improve their relationship with women of other races and ethnicities?

A different corner, Eileen Phillips

As British director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave scoops top film awards, A Different Corner explores the impact of the British slave trade.

Hearing the truth about poverty

A mix of monologues, poetry, performance and song, which was a world away from Channel 4’s Benefits Street.

Greek universities a battleground for austerity

With unemployment currently higher among Greek women than men, the prospect of losing a job in the female-dominated public sector is a grim one.

Finding the media’s blindspot

The headline announcing the end of the “77-year wait” for a British Wimbledon champion is a classic example of the media’s perennial “blind spot” towards gender – and race.