Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2010-01-14T22:01:36Z

Stereotypes about women drawn to campaigning because they are natural nurturers do more harm than good, argues Mhairi Guild

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/01/in_our_satin_ti 2010-01-14T22:01:36Z 2010-01-14T22:51:22Z Mhairi Guild

Cuts have become politically popular again, but the new thrift is targeted at the most not least vulnerable, says Clare Gould

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/_thrift_is_a_vi 2009-12-16T22:33:00Z 2009-12-16T15:49:55Z Clare Gould

Are the scales of justice in alignment? Rachel Thwaites looks at how women and men are so often treated differently by the system if they commit violent crimes

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/11/gender_and_sent 2009-11-18T15:13:10Z 2009-11-14T12:01:13Z Rachel Thwaites

Should all Muslim women boycott the burqa because some women are forced to wear it? Myriam Francois-Cerrah argues not

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/07/commenting_on_f 2009-07-20T15:30:53Z 2009-07-20T13:37:07Z Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Carolyn Roberts digs beyond headlines about the impact of the credit crunch on makeup sales and cosmetic surgery, to consider how the financial crisis may affect women in the UK

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/beyond_boob_job 2008-11-04T21:38:41Z 2008-11-04T09:27:05Z Carolyn Roberts

Irish and British women must unite in the battle for reproductive rights, argue Ariel Silvera and Sinead Ahern, as they sketch out the history of abortion in Ireland and the UK

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/were_all_in_thi 2008-10-26T23:56:49Z 2008-10-26T23:03:52Z Various Authors

One in four women experience domestic violence during their lifetime. Ella Alexander spent a day at a women's refuge learning about the human toll of a crime so common it is no longer considered newsworthy

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/a_day_in_the_li 2008-10-23T10:55:56Z 2008-10-19T20:56:11Z Ella Alexander

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/the_oxbridge_se 2008-05-12T21:29:42Z 2008-05-11T22:03:34Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

Lap-dancing clubs are licensed in the same way as coffee shops. Anji Capes reports on the launch of a campaign to change all that

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/stripping_the_i 2008-05-04T21:57:12Z 2008-05-03T08:50:54Z Anji Capes http://shutupsitdown.wordpress.com/

Are disabled women's voices silenced in the abortion debate? asks Clare Laxton

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/abortion_and_di 2008-04-04T19:21:57Z 2008-04-04T18:48:25Z Clare Laxton

What use are sex worker groups that give out condoms and showers, but can't help women who want to exit prostitution? Ekis reports from Barcelona on prostitution and the campaign for legalisation

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/how_to_get_an_a_1 2008-03-17T00:13:36Z 2008-03-16T23:07:42Z Ekis

Women in Northern Ireland must still cross the water to get an abortion, and even setting out the law in an accessible form is controversial. Siún Carden reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/where_the_1967 2008-03-13T21:02:58Z 2008-03-13T20:43:45Z Siún Carden

All over the planet women are denied the most basic rights. Ruthie Samuel asks: where is the outrage?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/uk_feminists_mu 2008-02-06T00:19:20Z 2008-02-04T21:47:25Z Ruthie Samuel

Jessica Metheringham explores how the concept of the 'Female Vote' tends to cast women as fickle and uninterested in serious politics

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/12/the_place_of_th 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-12-06T21:57:00Z Jessica Metheringham

The Women's Design Service is celebrating 20 years of feminist activism from the planners' office to the building site. Eeva Berglund reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/11/architecture_is 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-11-09T23:06:55Z Eeva Berglund