Last week I attended the amazing #mumtakeover, a one day summit organised by the BBC to discuss maternal mental health in the UK. I was incredibly impressed with all those who attended, especially the organisers and the panellists from Netmums, Maternal Mental Health Alliance and Better Start Blackpool who had all been chosen to give their… Read More
Some people are up in arms after watching the Channel 4, TV documentary; “My week as a Muslim”. Katie Freeman decided to step into the shoes as a Muslim woman. The disguise she was given has been likened to theatrical “blacking up” when decades ago people from ethnic minority backgrounds suffered ridicule and socio/economic discrimination… Read More
The whole country was left stunned and horrified by the attacks in Westminster, Manchester and now London Bridge. What other cities and countries have experienced at the hands of Daesh has now come to our shores and we need to understand how to cope with this threat. More than ever, we’ve got to learn how… Read More
So many women have come forward in the past seven days to reveal that they too had been groped, harassed or raped by Harvey Weinstein and day by day, the number is growing. In the past 24 hours alone, high profile and hugely successful actresses such as Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow have also come… Read More
This photo was taken nearly 50 years ago as I was leaving Dhaka airport, Bangladesh (East Pakistan at that time) in late September 1967, bound for London. I’m the sad looking child, wearing a woollen jacket and boots in the post-monsoon heat, on the extreme left between my aunt and my paternal grandfather. Every photo… Read More
The lifting of the driving ban signals a real change of direction for the ruling King. Despite years of pressure from various human and women’s rights campaigners all over the world, successive Kings refused to be swayed, while numerous western powers looked the other way from the myriad of human and women’s rights abuses that… Read More
This week, it emerged that an outspoken, fiery local councillor Amina Lone had been deselected by her political party from the forthcoming local elections in Manchester. For some, this would not have come as a surprise. For the past year or so, Ms Lone has been outspoken campaigner on a variety of issues such as… Read More
This week, it emerged that an outspoken, fiery local councillor Amina Lone had been deselected by her political party from the forthcoming local elections in Manchester. For some, this would not have come as a surprise. For the past year or so, Ms Lone has been outspoken campaigner on a variety of issues such as… Read More
“WOMEN HAVE POWERFUL VOICES. THEY ARE THE MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND SISTERS OF CHANGE, IN THE HOME AND THE COMMUNITY. THAT’S WHY THE WOMEN AGAINST RADICALISATION NETWORK (WARN) BELIEVES THAT WOMEN CAN EMPOWER THEMSELVES TO SPEAK, LEARN AND ACT TOGETHER AGAINST RADICALISATION.” Women from different backgrounds help to make WARN what it is today. But one… Read More
Apart from the affordable cost of living, Europe is also a place for impressive architectural structure, diverse culture, spectacular public transport system and an active economy. In case you are recently contemplating about relocating to Europe, here are some of the recommendations of the experts. Best Place to Live in Europe Belgium Brussels, Belgium is… Read More
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