womens rights

Voices

Healing is a justice issue: how can we radicalise the voluntary sector, amid a perfect storm of cuts?

When it comes to recovery from trauma, meeting people’s basic needs such as food, shelter, and physical safety is not enough. In an increasingly harsh environment, charities will need all their imagination and creativity to do more.

Maria Carvalho

Your Bristol Life

Listen: The Sound Of Saffron by Charlie West

Charlie West

Features

The menopause leaves some women struggling to work. But what can be done about it?

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

Features

Do women really have equity in Bristol workplaces?

For International Women's Day, Steph Cullen interviews women about their experiences in the workplace, and asks: how equitable are Bristol's workplaces for women really?

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen
Image of Laura Williams and her child (image: Laura Williams)

Voices

When it doesn’t pay to work: how universal free childcare would help us all

Laura Williams
Laura Williams

Reports

‘It’s not pro-life, it’s pro-misogyny’: Bristol marches on abortion rights

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Sexual harassment

Research by University of Bristol Students’ Union reveals half of respondents have experienced sexual harassment

Survey findings released today put the thorny issue of consent back under the spotlight at the University of Bristol.

Filiz Gurer
Filiz Gurer

Sexual harassment

PHOTOESSAY: March against male violence

In light of recent events, protesters took to the streets last weekend to demand men are held accountable for violence against women.

Alice Poole
Alice Poole

People's History

From factory boss’s daughter to community organiser – meet Bristol’s first woman councillor

Mabel Tothill was a champion of the labour movement and women's rights in East Bristol.

June Hannam

Opinion

“A woman was denied emergency contraception at Asda. This is a private problem of public concern.”

When rights of different groups in society collide, compromises need to be made. But with reproductive rights, we need to do better so that women in need come first.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Investigations

Investigation: Bristol’s invisible sex trade

The police are struggling to deal with sexual exploitation happening online. How does this off-street sex trade operate in this city?

Lorna Stephenson
Lorna Stephenson

Voices

Should strip clubs be banned?

The renewal of the licenses for two strip clubs in Bristol in March reignited debate in the city about the presence of sexual entertainment venues...

Bristol Sex Workers and Kate Jerrold
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