Author: Natasha Walter
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‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war
‘Being a woman,” says the woman standing on the stage in front of me, “doesn’t mean I am just here to raise children. Being a woman means that I am here to write history. Women can speak. We can sing. Nobody will silence us.” There is a roar of approval around me. I’m sitting in…
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There are cracks in the feminist movement, but I have faith in women to stand up to Trump
What happens in America does not stay in America. The prospect of Trump’s second administration is devastating for many American women, but its reverberations are also echoing for women across the globe, and bringing much more fear and uncertainty than last time around. Eight years ago, while Trump’s success shocked women in Britain, it also…