Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2012-02-06T20:44:20Z

Emilia di Girolamo, the lead writer on Law and Order: UK, takes an unflinching view of gang rape in the show's next episode. Siân Norris met her to discuss her motivations

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2012/01/challenging_rape 2012-02-06T20:44:20Z 2012-01-29T12:03:35Z Sian Norris http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/

In Cairo and New Dehli, smart phone apps are being used to map sexual harassment and report sexual assault. Farah Jassat reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2012/01/take_back_the_tech 2012-01-08T16:29:55Z 2012-01-05T09:50:47Z Farah Jassat http://www.farahjassat.com/

As a report finds Bristol's women are being hit hard by coalition cuts, Sian Norris interviews domestic violence advisor Sian Taylor from Wish, one of the organisations forced to slash services

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/11/cuts_domesticviolence_bristol 2011-11-02T23:53:09Z 2011-11-02T17:17:25Z Sian Norris http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/

Five years after Banaz Mahmod's murder, it's time for the government to get serious on honour-based violence, argues Fionnuala Murphy from the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/08/banaz_mahmod 2011-09-01T11:17:09Z 2011-08-23T18:25:04Z Fionnuala Murphy

SlutWalk is primarily a protest movement against victim-blaming, points out Sophie Jones. Feminist critics of the name have got the wrong end of the stick, she argues

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/06/the_politics_of_slutwalk 2011-09-04T18:09:04Z 2011-06-08T07:22:10Z Sophie Jones http://therookiefiles.blogspot.com/

From the struggle to keep domestic violence shelters open to the machinations of which mullah to align with, a discussion with four Afghan politicians reveals the challenges women face. Helen G reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/03/day_to_day 2011-03-21T20:47:19Z 2011-03-21T17:07:35Z Helen G

Girls and women who have survived violence are increasingly marginalised and silenced by the very services set up to support them, say Sophie Taylor and Davina James-Hanman from the AVA Project

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/10/putting_survivo 2010-10-25T21:26:39Z 2010-10-25T11:52:22Z Sophie Taylor and Davina James-Hanman

Justine tells the story of one abusive relationship

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/10/a_cautionary_ta 2010-10-08T09:03:05Z 2010-10-08T21:40:25Z Justine

After the rape attacks on female festival-goers this summer, platitudes are not the answer, argues Amy Nicholson

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/07/rape_treat_the 2010-07-23T15:53:04Z 2010-07-23T14:36:58Z Amy Nicholson

Katie Sutton was called sexist names at Reclaim the Night, amid continued disagreements between feminists over the issue of prostitution/sex work. Where now for sisterhood at these public events? Includes a response by Finn Mackay

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/im_going_to_use 2009-12-09T16:02:48Z 2009-12-09T20:08:07Z Various Authors

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

We know that sexual violence is all too common and everyday. Here 'L' talks through repeat experiences of being targetted with abuse and sexual assault by boys and men

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/05/breaking_the_ci 2009-05-25T22:17:00Z 2009-05-25T21:21:50Z L

Jessica Burton explains how kickboxing changed how she feels about her own body and her confidence in the face of harassment and potential violence

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/05/kickboxing 2009-05-16T20:25:08Z 2009-05-16T19:36:00Z Jessica Burton http://ssica3003.livejournal.com

If you believe one story on a popular science news site, there's proof that older men "chasing" younger women benefits humankind (or should that be mankind?) Eirwen-Jane Pierrot considers the impact of these sensationalist claims on women in the real world

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/for_the_good_of 2009-04-22T09:31:30Z 2009-04-15T20:23:23Z Eirwen-Jane Pierrot

Selina Jervis reports that sexual harassment in public spaces has reached critical levels

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/02/alright_darlin 2009-02-08T23:54:28Z 2009-02-08T23:18:36Z Selina Jervis http://www.flyingsaucer.typepad.com/