Author Archives: Jessica Abrahams
Women the world over need better access to life-saving vaccines
Women, especially pregnant women, are frequently excluded from immunisation programmes. The reasoning is often flawed—and the consequences can be fatal
No escape from Delhi’s smog
Air pollution is even worse in India than in ChinaÂ
The irreverent, colourful theatre of the Alternative Miss World
In a world full of restrictions, fans come to Alternative Miss World, hosted at Shakespeare's Globe, as a night of freedom, equality and frivolity
Why Germaine Greer is wrong on rape
The latest book from the great feminist thinker is a total muddle
Julie Bindel's new book challenges our assumptions about the "oldest profession"
Sex work is one of the biggest debates in feminism—to which Bindel's The Pimping of Prostitution: Abolishing the Sex Work Myth will be another strident contribution
Everything you wanted to know about fourth wave feminism but were afraid to ask
New breadth has made it harder to define a coherent feminism for the 21st century—but it has also made space for a greater diversity of voices and perspectives
How to increase voter turnout
"There are various ideas the UK might borrow from its neighbours in Europe"
Time for “gender budgeting?”
This week, women around the world will protest the devaluation of their labour
Will Trump protests work?
In DC, demonstrations have been constant—but are they resistance for resistance’s sake?
Books in brief: The Paula Principle by Tom Schuller
An examination of the evidence that women tend to work below their level of competence
Negative gender stereotypes strike early on
By age six, children associate intelligence more with men than with women. As the problem starts at the beginning, the solution must also
Trust and the media in the age of Trump
What journalists need to do now