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Laura Nelson is a writer, blogger and campaigner and writes the Delilah blog Evan Davis on the Today Programme described it as a ‘hoot’, illustrating – in one throwaway sentence – why the feminist movement needs to exist. Women are paid, on average, substantially less than men, constitute a pitiful proportion of politicians and leaders [...] Our latest guest blog is from Ann Kristin Glenster an award-winning screenwriter, voting member of BAFTA, on the Board of Directors of Women in Film and Television, and a Fellow at the RSA. Women’s objectification and absence from the public eye is not just confined to politics, but another manifestation of the presentation of women [...] Our guest blogger Laura Nelson writes a blog, Delilah, where she campaigns for equality and tries to quash stereotypes. She is also the president of Camden Speakers Club, which is part of a national association that helps people develop skills for speaking in public, and she investigated the brain for her PhD. The United Nations has [...] This blog was written by Caroline Watson, co-founder of Progressive Women for www.thedebate.uk.com Last week I had the good fortune to spend the day at Wimbledon. As I was flicking through the newspapers I noticed a rather large proportion of pictures of scantily clad female tennis players. Where are the men in their boxers? Ok so [...] Our guest blog today is from Judith Cherry, Head of Knowledge and Insight at Opportunity Now, BITC’s campaign to promote gender equality in the workplace. Judith Cherry believes a flexible approach to work cultures gives tangible business advantage. “The new government’s announcement that it will extend the right to request flexible working to all staff [...] Today’s guest blog comes from Kate Buffery, former TV actor and founder of The Debate website. The way women are presented on TV has an enormous influence on how we perceive ourselves and how we are perceived. As an actor in TV drama , I have, along with many other actors and writers spent many [...] This week’s guest blogger is Alice Delemare, Women’s Officer for the Electoral Reform Society. This general election has become exciting. The televised leaders’ debates have made history and turned the election into a proper three-horse race. For the first time in a long while the result is no longer predictable and I, for one, am excited. [...] CAN YOU HELP? Equity, the actors’ union has set up an online petition to canvass Clare Laxton is Parliamentary Officer at sexual health charity FPA and our guest blogger. ‘We have six priorities for sexual health for parliamentary candidates to sign up to this election. One of them is for all women in the UK, including Northern Ireland, to be able to access NHS funded abortions. The last Parliament saw no [...] Kat Banyard, Director of UK Feminista is our guest blogger Stop press: newspaper headline declares that feminism might not be dead after all! |
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